The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.

members of the order primates (pry-mate-ees), including prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans.

A group of mammals, characterized by having flexible hands and feet and highly developed brains, and which includes, humans, apes, lemurs, tarsiers and monkeys.

mammals including lemurs, monkeys, apes, and man that have features including grasping hands, flattened nails, relatively large brain, etc.