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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Animals, Livestock, One Health > animals > vertebrates > mammals > nonhuman primates
Research, Technology, Methods > organisms > animals > vertebrates > mammals > nonhuman primates
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animals > laboratory animals > mammals > nonhuman primates
Research, Technology, Methods > organisms > animals > laboratory animals > mammals > nonhuman primates
Preferred Term:

nonhuman primates

Definition:
Non-human primates are a group of mammals composed of simians – monkeys and apes – and prosimians, such as lemurs. Monkeys are further divided into two subgroups: Old World monkeys, which are native of Africa and Asia, and New World monkeys, which originate from Central and South America.
Concept Schemes:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt-awic
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
mammals
Narrower Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/19535868
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