Definitions of New World monkey
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hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
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synonyms:
platyrrhine, platyrrhinian
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types:
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marmoset
small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
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Cebus capucinus, capuchin, ringtail
monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl
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Aotus trivirgatus, douroucouli
nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur
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howler, howler monkey
monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
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saki
small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail
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uakari
medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail
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titi, titi monkey
small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail
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Ateles geoffroyi, spider monkey
arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail
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Saimiri sciureus, squirrel monkey
small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle
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woolly monkey
large monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basins
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true marmoset
a marmoset
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Cebuella pygmaea, pygmy marmoset
the smallest monkey; of tropical forests of the Amazon
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leoncita, lion marmoset, lion monkey, tamarin
small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
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type of:
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monkey
any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
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