Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26184563-20130421015649/@comment-3121860-20160429154657

Gilgameshkun wrote: I suppose it's more accurate to say that all apes and old world monkeys are catarrhines, and all catarrhines and new world monkeys are simians. But does this mean "monkey" is necessarily a polyphyletic term? Or can all simians be considered "monkeys" by virtue of containing both branches of monkeys? This is the same kind of question as whether birds are dinosaurs. XD Genetically, they are. Nomenclaturally, though? No it doesn't mean that monkey is a polyphyletic term. But monkeys are haplorrhine ("wet-nosed"). Not catarrhines ("dry-nosed"). Kindly do your research before you claim that monkeys and apes are the same.