An infraorder of New World monkeys, comprised of the families AOTIDAE; ATELIDAE; CEBIDAE; and PITHECIIDAE. They are found exclusively in the Americas.
Synonyms: New World Monkeys, txid9479, New World Monkey, World Monkey, New, Monkeys, New World, World Monkeys, New, Platyrrhini, Monkey, New World
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2006; for MONKEYS, NEW WORLD see CEBIDAE 1981-2005 ,2006; for MONKEYS, NEW WORLD use CEBIDAE 1981-2005 ,index NIM with no qualifiers when an experimental animal; diseases: coordinate IM with MONKEY DISEASES (IM)
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D051078
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