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 | | Since people themselves are primates, the order has attracted much interest and investigation, and there are numerous views on classification, especially between the order and family levels. |
| | A basic scheme that has been widely followed is Simpson's (1945) division of the Primates into two suborders: Prosimii, for the families Tupaiidae, Lemuridae, Indriidae, Daubentoniidae, Lorisidae, and Tarsiidae; and Anthropoidea, for the families Cebidae, Callitrichidae, Cercopithecidae, Pongidae, and Hominidae. |
| | Therefore, most authorities now appear to be following a systematic arrangement by which the prosimians, not including the Tarsiidae, are placed in one group, the Strepsirhini, while the anthropoids and tarsiers are joined in a second group, the Haplorhini. |
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