Wildlife Type

Primates Past and Present (Phylogenetic tree) - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity

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The followings are extinct apes excavated and extant apes in the world. The extant apes lives mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species, and the habitat in extant species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6~40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
  • Kingdom Animalia
    • Phylum Chordate
      • Subphylum Vertebra
        • Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed vertebrates)
          • Class Mammal
            • Subclass Theria (Wild animal)
              • Infraclass Metatheria (Marsupials)
              • Infraclass Eutheria (Placentals)
                • Clade Atlantogenata
                  • Group I Afrotheria (Tenrec, Hyrax, Elephant, Sea-cow)
                  • Group II Xenarthra (Armadillo, Anteater, Sloth, Groud sloth)
                • Clade Boreoeutheria
                  • Group III Euarchontoglires
                    • Order Scandentia (Treeshrew)
                      Treeshrew
                      19 spp
                      Madras Treeshrew (India), Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew (Borneo), Common Treeshrew (Southeast Asia)
                      Pen-tailed
                      Treeshrew
                      Pen-tailed Treeshrew   (Southeast Asia)
                    • Order Dermoptera (Colugo; 63.3 Mya~)
                      Colugo Philippine Flying Lemur (Philippine), Sunda Flying Lemur (Southeast Asia)
                    • Order Plesiadapiformes (Primate's relative; 65~48.6 Mya)
                      Primate's relative Purgatorius   (65~56.8 Mya; Proto-primate), Plesiadapis (60.2~50.3 Mya), Carpolestes (58.7~55.8 Mya)
                    • Order Primates (65 Mya~)
                      • Suborder Strepsirrhini (non-tarsier prosimians)
                        • Infraorder Adapiformes (Primitive primates)
                          Primitive primates Notharctus (55.4~42 Mya), Darwinius   (48.6~40.4 Mya; Missing link), Europolemur   (48.6~40.4 Mya), Godinotia (49 Mya)
                        • Infraorder Lemuriformes (Lemur)
                          Mouse lemur
                          31 spp
                          (Dwarf lemur) (Madagascar), (Mouse lemur) (Madagascar), (Giant mouse lemur) (Madagascar), (Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur) (Madagascar), (Fork-crowned lemur) (Madagascar)
                          Lemur
                          20 spp
                          Archaeolemur (?~1000 Ya), Pachylemur (?~1000 Ya), Ring-tailed Lemur   (Madagascar), (True lemur) (Madagascar), (Ruffed lemur) (Madagascar), (Bamboo lemur) (Madagascar), (Greater Bamboo Lemur) (Madagascar)
                          Sportive lemur
                          25 spp
                          (Koala lemurs)   (?~2000 Ya), (Sportive lemur) (Madagascar)
                          Woolly lemurs
                          19 spp
                          Indri   (Madagascar), (Woolly lemur) (Madagascar), (Sifaka) (Madagascar)
                        • Infraorder Chiromyiformes (Aye-aye)
                          Aye-aye Giant Aye-aye (?~1000 Ya), Aye-aye   (Madagascar)
                        • Infraorder Lorisiformes (Loris)
                          Potto Karanisia (37.2~33.9 Mya), (Angwantibo) (tropical Africa), Potto (tropical Africa), False Potto (Cameroon)
                          Lorises (Loris) (South and Southeast Asia), (Slow loris) (South and Southeast Asia)
                          Galago
                          19 spp
                          (Greater galagos) (Africa), (Needle-clawed bushbabies) (tropical Africa), (Lesser galagos) (Africa)
                      • Suborder Haplorrhini
                        • Infraorder Tarsiiformes (Tarsier)
                          Omomyidae Teilhardina (55.4~50.3 Mya), Necrolemur   (40.4~33.9 Mya)
                          Tarsier
                          8 spp
                          (Tarsiers) (Southeast Asia)
                        • Infraorder Simiiformes (Simian)
                          • Parvorder Platyrrhini (New World monkey)
                            Marmoset Pygmy Marmoset (tropical South America), Roosmalens' Dwarf Marmoset (Amazon), (Marmoset) (South America), (Marmosets) (Brazil), Goeldi's Marmoset (tropical South America)
                            Tamarin
                            43 spp
                            (Tamarins) (tropical Americas), (Lion tamarin) (Brazil)
                            Cebidae
                            14 spp
                            Dolichocebus (23.03~15.97 Mya), Chilecebus (21~17.5 Mya), (Capuchin monkey) (tropical Americas), (Squirrel monkey) (tropical Americas)
                            Night monkey
                            12 spp
                            Tremacebus (20 Mya), (Night monkeys) (tropical Americas)
                            Pitheciidae
                            29 spp
                            (Sakis) (tropical South America), (Bearded sakis) (Amazon), (Uakaris) (Amazon), (Titis) (tropical South America)
                            Atelidae (Howler monkeys) (tropical Americas), (Spider monkeys) (tropical Americas), (Muriquis) (Brazil), (Woolly monkeys) (tropical South America), Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Peru)
                          • Parvorder Catarrhini (Old World monkey, Ape, Human)
                            • Superfamily Propliopithecoidea
                              Propliopithecidae Propliopithecus (33.9~28.4 Mya), Aegyptopithecus (33.9~28.4 Mya)
                              Oligopithecidae Catopithecus (37.2~33.9 Mya), Oligopithecus (33.9~28.4 Mya)
                            • Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
                              Victoriapithecidae Victoriapithecus (22.4~11.61 Mya)
                              Cercopithecidae
                              78 spp
                              Mesopithecus (13.65~4.2 Mya), Allen's Swamp Monkey (tropical Africa), (Talapoin) (tropical Africa), Patas Monkey (tropical Africa), (Vervet Monkeys) (Africa), (Guenons) (Africa), (Crested mangabey) (West Africa), Kipunji (Tanzania), (Baboons) (Africa,Arabia), Gelada (Ethiopia), (White-eyelid mangabey) (tropical Africa), (Mandrills) (Cameroon to Congo), (Macaques) (Asia), Barbary Macaque (North Africa)
                              Colobine monkey
                              59 spp
                              (Black-and-white colobus) (Africa), (Red colobus) (Africa), Olive Colobus (tropical Africa), (Gray langur) (South Asia), (Lutungs) (Southeast Asia), (Surilis) (Southeast Asia), (Doucs) (Southeast Asia), (Snub-nosed monkey) (Southeast Asia), Proboscis Monkey   (Borneo; Long-nosed monkey), Pig-tailed Langur (Indonesia)
                            • Superfamily Hominoidea
                              Pliopithecidae Pliopithecus (15.97~11.61 Mya)
                              Proconsulidae Proconsul (28.4~11.61 Mya), Nyanzapithecus (15.97~11.61 Mya)
                              Dryopithecidae Dryopithecus (16.9~11.61 Mya)
                              Oreopithecidae Oreopithecus (13.65~7.25 Mya)
                              Gibbon
                              13 spp
                              (Gibbons) (Southeast Asia), (Hoolock gibbons) (South Asia), Siamang (Southeast Asia), (Crested gibbons) (Southeast Asia)
                              Hominidae Samburupithecus (11.61~5.33 Mya), Ouranopithecus (9 Mya), Afropithecus (20.43~20 Mya), Sivapithecus   (15.97~5.33 Mya), Ankarapithecus (15.97~5.33 Mya), Gigantopithecus   (1.81~0.126 Mya; 3m)
                              Hominidae
                              Homininae
                              Bornean Orangutan (Borneo), Sumatran Orangutan (Sumatra), Western Gorilla   (tropical Africa; 1.7m), Eastern Gorilla   (tropical Africa), Chimpanzee (tropical Africa), Bonobo (tropical Africa), Sahelanthropus tchadensis   (7.25 Mya; Toumaï), Orrorin tugenensis (6 Mya), Ardipithecus kadabba (5.6 Mya), Ardipithecus ramidus (4.4 Mya), Australopithecus anamensis (4.2~3.9 Mya), Australopithecus afarensis (3.7~2.9 Mya), Australopithecus africanus (3.6~2.59 Mya), Australopithecus bahrelghazali (3.6 Mya), Australopithecus garhi   (2.6~2.5 Mya), Kenyanthropus platyops (3.5~3.2 Mya), Paranthropus aethiopicus (2.7~2.5 Mya), Paranthropus boisei (2.6~1.2 Mya), Paranthropus robustus (2~1.2 Mya)
                              Hominidae
                              Homo
                              Homo ergaster   (2.5~1.7 Mya), Homo habilis (2.3~1.4 Mya), Homo rudolfensis (1.9 Mya), Homo erectus (1.8~1 Mya), Homo georgicus (1.8 Mya), Homo antecessor (0.8 Mya), Homo cepranensis (0.5 Mya), Homo heidelbergensis (0.4 Mya), Homo rhodesiensis (0.3~0.125 Mya), Neanderthal (0.2~0.024 Mya), Homo floresiensis (0.094~0.013 Mya), Human (0.125 Mya~)
                  • Group IV Laurasiatheria (Whale, Even-toed ungulate, Odd-toed ungulate, Bat, Carnivora)