Anthropomorpha
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From anthropo- + -morpha; coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1735.
Proper noun
[edit]Anthropomorpha
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – primates, sloths, and (originally) anteaters, now placed in the orders Primates and Pilosa.
Usage notes
[edit]Anteaters were removed to a separate order in 1748, and the modern order Primates was introduced in 1758, rendering this order obsolete.