Talk:Catarrhini

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I don't know if i should call Catarrhini infraorder or superfamily, i found both in litrature. Who can help?

as far as I am aware, an infraorder/suborder is the same thing as a superfamily. I might be wrong.--Mishac 23:29, 20 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Yes and no. They are all ranks between Order and Family. However, they have technical differences: suborder is higher than infraorder, which is higher than superfamily. there s also the non-technical feel: a superfamily "feels" closer to the family than to the order above it, while the suborder feels closer to the order. To have both a suborder and an infraorder would make them both feel closer to the order than to the family below. Also, taxonomists try to align similar branchings at the same taxonomic ranking. Finally, I'm trying to keep things aligned with the taxonomies listed on the Project. - UtherSRG 01:22, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Since Catarrhini exists below a suborder and included two superfamilies, I would call it an infraorder; but, of course, this is merely my lay opinion. So why is this group listed as "unranked"? Archola 13:43, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Some classification scheme give it a rank, but most do not. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:14, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

It is apparently a subdivision of the infraorder Simiiformes. Ardric47 01:10, 16 March 2006 (UTC)