Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Primates

Preferred term

Primates  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics

Scope note

  • An order of mammals consisting of more than 300 species that include LEMURS; LORISIDAE; TARSIERS; MONKEYS; and HOMINIDS. They are characterized by a relatively large brain when compared with other terrestrial mammals, forward-facing eyes, the presence of a CALCARINE SULCUS, and specialized MECHANORECEPTORS in the hands and feet which allow the perception of light touch.

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011323

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 6/25/24