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Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomplete paraphyletic grouping; however, in the broader sense based on cladistics, apes (Hominoidea) are also included, making the terms monkeys and simians synonyms in regard to their scope.In 1812, Geoffroy grouped the apes and the Cercopithecidae group of monkeys together and established the name Catarrhini, "Old World monkeys", ("singes de l'Ancien Monde" in French). The extant sister of the Catarrhini in the monkey ("singes") group is the Platyrrhini (New World monkeys). Some nine million years before the divergence between the Cercopithecidae and the apes, the Platyrrhini emerged within "monkeys" by migration to South America from Afro-Arabia (the Old World), likely by ocean. Apes are thus deep in the tree of extant and extinct monkeys, and any of the apes is distinctly closer related to the Cercopithecidae than the Platyrrhini are.

Monkey - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Animal of the "higher primates", excluding apes For the monophyletic clade, see Simian . For other uses, see Monkey (disambiguation) . "Monky" redirects here. For the Peruvian artist, see Monky (artist) . This article may contain an excessive number of citations . Please help improve it by removing low-quality or irrelevant citations or redistributing those citations so there are fewer than four in a row. ( July 2025 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Monkeys Temporal range: Late Eocene – Present [ 1 &#93

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