For everyone confused, the term monkey refers to the infraorder Simiiformes. Simians include macaques, marmosets, and yes, great apes like chimps and us. So for decades people are being pedantic about “apes not monkeys” but monkeys/Simians includes apes.
For everyone confused, the term monkey refers to the infraorder Simiiformes. Simians include macaques, marmosets, and yes, great apes like chimps and us. So for decades people are being pedantic about “apes not monkeys” but monkeys/Simians includes apes.
Real pedants know monkeys aren’t apes, but apes are monkeys.
But, but, but MONKEYS ARE APES! More specifically, the monkeys that are apes are apes.
This image shows it well, including where other primates fit in