An order of the mammals (class
Mammalia). These include lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans.
One distinguishing feature of primates is finger nails. Opposing thumbs is a feature too, but not unique to primates (racoons have opposing thumbs)(zoologist please confirm)
Taxonomic classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Subphylum: Vertebrata?
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
- Suborder Strepsirhini?
- Suborder Haplorhini?