Simian

Simian Temporal range: Middle Eocene – Recent
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes Haeckel, 1866
Families
Parvorder Platyrrhini: Callitrichidae Cebidae Aotidae Pitheciidae Atelidae Parvorder Catarrhini: Cercopithecidae Hylobatidae Hominidae

The simians (infraorder Simiiformes) are the "higher primates" familiar to most people are the Old World monkeys and apes, including humans and the New World monkeys. Simians tend to be larger than the "lower primates" or prosimians.