{"id":391,"date":"2024-08-12T15:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T20:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org.staging3.juiceboxint.com\/scovill-zoo\/?page_id=391"},"modified":"2024-08-12T15:28:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T20:28:22","slug":"primates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/decatur-parks.org\/scovill-zoo\/animals-education\/animals\/mammals\/primates\/","title":{"rendered":"Primates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: 11
Species: 356<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Order of Primates has been recently divided into two sub orders. The first sub-order Strepsirhini includes lemurs, galagos, lorises, and pottos. The other sub-order Haplorhini includes tarsiers, apes, and monkeys. Humans also fall in this classification. Primates are social animals. They also have some of the larger brains in the animal world relative to body size. This explains their high intelligence. Most primates have hands with opposable thumbs, which means they can grasp and pick up items. The spider monkey does not have a thumb but uses its fingers more like big hooks to swing from branch to branch. A thumb would get in the way! In the wild, primates\u2019 diets can range from leaves and fruits to insects and other mammals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n