Suborder Anthropoidea Mivart 1864 (monkey)
Synonym: Simiiformes Hofstetter 1977
Parent taxon: Haplorrhini according to R. F. Kay et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Tarsiiformes
Subtaxa: Afrotarsiidae, Amphipithecidae, Catarrhini, Eosimiidae, Hapalidae, Oligopithecidae, Parapithecoidea, Platyrrhini, Proteopithecidae, Protoanthropoidea
Ecology: arboreal omnivore