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New World monkeys  

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  • New World monkeys (NWMs), also known as platyrrhines, live in tropical forest environments from southern Mexico down through South America. The name platyrrhine comes from the broad, flat, external nose characteristic of this group of primates. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Monkeys, New World]

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  • platyrrhines

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/New_World_monkeys

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