Primate Phylogeny

The primate tree below was redrawn from cladograms and information from the Primates section of the University of Arizona Tree of Life, from the Primate Information Network at the University of Wisconsin. The primates are astonishingly diverse, ranging from tiny marmosets and bushbabies to massive gorillas. The thirty-odd branches of the tree below represent more than 50 genera and hundreds of species. There are four main branches of the tree below:

The Fort Worth Zoo is very unusual in housing all four of the great ape species, as well as a number of other primates. Links to information or pictures of representative primate species at the Fort Worth Zoo will be found in the tree below.

{short description of image} Link to Gorilla page Link to Bonobo page Link to Chimpanzee page Link to Orangutan Page Link to Crested Gibbon page Link to Colobus Monkey Page Link to Mandrill Page

Invertebrate
Tree
Fish
Tree
Tetrapod
Tree
Reptile
Tree
Bird
Tree
Mammal
Tree

Sources:

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