Haplorrhini

primate suborder

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classification

  • species of apes
    In primate: Classification

    Suborder Haplorrhini 2 infraorders of 9 living families containing 41 living genera; 8 fossil families contain about 50 fossil genera dating to the Eocene. Infraorder Tarsiiformes 1 living family; included here are the Eocene to Early Miocene families Anaptomorphidae and Omomyidae. Family Tarsiidae

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placenta

  • species of apes
    In primate: Placenta

    In haplorrhines the endometrium becomes highly vascularised about two weeks after ovulation, in preparation for the possible implantation of a zygote; if this does not occur, it is shed via menstruation. The placenta is shed at birth in all primates and, except rarely among humans, is…

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