Monkeys and Primates

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Primates and monkeys are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Primates" instead a noun "Monkeys".

Primates noun - An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings.

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Monkeys and primates are semantically related. You can use "Monkeys" instead a noun "Primates".

Just like humans are apes, monkeys are primates, and primates are mammals.

Source: Taxonomic Term Confusion
These are tropes related to nonhuman primates, including monkeys, apes, and lemurs.

Source: Primate Index
Dave Bartholomews The Monkey Speaks His Mind. In the song, three monkeys claim that the idea that man evolved from primates is an insult to monkeys.

Source: Insult to Rocks

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