The anthropoids are classified into three superfamilies: new world monkeys (ceboidea), old world monkeys (cercopithecoidea) and the hominoids (hominoidea).
Example of Old World Monkeys:
Douc langur, an Old World monkey
  • Macaca mulatta: The rhesus monkey of North India.
  • Ateles: The spider monkey
  • Semieopithecus: The langur or leaf monkey.
  • Allenopithecus nigroviridis
  • Macaca sylvanus
  • Lophocebus albigena
  • Semnopithecus schistaceus
  • Pygathrix nemaeus
Example of New World Monkeys
capuchin, a New World monkey
  •  Cebus capucunus: The new world monkey
  • Callithrix jacchus
  • Cebuella pygmaea
  • Saguinus imperator
  • Aotus lemurinus
  • Callicebus (Callicebus) donacophilus
  • Pithecia pithecia
  • Alouatta coibensis
  • Ateles paniscus

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