Primates Quiz: Go ape and take a look at your information on our closest family

Primates — the mammalian group that features people — are discovered just about in every single place on Earth, from equatorial rainforests to scientific analysis stations in Antarctica. This vastly numerous order appeared earlier than the dinosaurs went extinct, with wild populations of non-human primates evolving to stay in niches throughout three continents — Asia, Africa and Central/South America.

Primates do not simply stay in a number of locations; there are additionally a whole lot of species and subspecies. In reality, the order primates is the fourth most biodiverse mammal order within the animal kingdom — but the bulk (62.6%) of primates are threatened with extinction.