Wikipedia:WikiProject Primates

This WikiProject aims to help organise our collection of entries about primates. It includes all extant species within the order Primates as well as the extinct species. The project also includes articles related to primate behaviour, psychology and notable primatologists e.g. (respectively) brachiation, fission-fusion society, Frans de Waal, etc.

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 * See also: Primate articles by topic

Taxonomy and references
Primate taxonomy is by no means fully known or agreed upon. The following references are currently being used for this Project. See the discussion for other possibilities.


 * Integrated Taxonomic Information System - an automated reference database of scientific and common names for species. More information is available here.
 * Mammal Diversity Database - an automated database of mammal taxonomy.
 * IUCN / SSC Primate Specialist Group - an updated list of scientific and common names from the IUCN Primate Specialist Group; as of 2019 chaired by the editors of Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 3: Primates
 * Mittermeier, R.A., et al Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 3: Primates, 1st Edition (Lynx Edicions, 2013), ISBN 9788496553897 - updated source for primate classification and information
 * Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition (2005) - this is now one of the primary source for primate classification - use MSW3 or one of its derivatives (such as MSW3 Primates or MSW3 Groves) in the reference section.
 * – The latest field guide to the Malagasy lemurs; includes 101 lemur taxa. Use LoM3 for references.
 * Primate Taxonomy (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001), Colin Groves (ISBN 156098872X) - formerly the primary source
 * Mikko's Phylogeny Archive, Primate node - particularly good for relationships among the extant and extinct primates, although some nomenclature differs from MSW3
 * Noel Rowe & Marc Myers, All the World's Primates (Pogonias Press, 2016), ISBN 9781940496061, another recent source for primate classification and information

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org


 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

External watchlist

 * Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Primates