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WikiProject Primates

[edit] Scope and Top page

This WikiProject aims to help organise our collection of entries about primates.

[edit] Parentage

This WikiProject is an offshoot of WikiProject Tree of Life

WikiProject Science.
WikiProject Biology
WikiProject Tree of Life
WikiProject Mammals
WikiProject Primates

[edit] Descendant Wikiprojects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

[edit] Related Wikiprojects

It is worth keeping one eye on several Wikiprojects that overlap with this one or that have made significant progress towards completion, including Wikipedia:WikiProject Cetaceans, Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds, Wikipedia:WikiProject Ecoregions, and WikiProject Conservation worldwide.

[edit] Participants

[edit] Structure

See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Birds#Structure

[edit] Criteria for inclusion

See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Birds#Criteria_for_inclusion

[edit] Names and titles

See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Birds#Bird_names_and_article_titles

[edit] Article contents

The following items are desirable for articles of all levels, although the detail will vary depending on several factors. These items do not need to be separated into distinct sections; text should flow in continuous prose so far as possible. The order this information is included is also relatively unimportant, although the order listed is generally preferred.

  • Description (physical, behavioral) - what makes this (group of) critter(s) different from its close relatives? Include here evidence about cognitive capacities.
  • Habitat - where does it live? how broadly does it roam? maps are good
  • Cultural, Religious, Economic, etc. Importance - what impact has it had on humans? Include here use for experimental purposes that do not relate to other headings.
  • Classification - how does it fit into the tree of life?
  • Self-awareness - how do you deal with problems related to psychological procedures?

[edit] Categories

The following category schema is being used. As the number of created/completed articles increases, others can be developed. Other related categories may develop in conjunction with the ones listed, but are not maintained by this WikiProject. Most should be self-explanatory. A few of the articles about prehistoric taxa are doubly linked because their taxonomic placement is significantly uncertain (Proconsul, for instance, maybe an ape, but it may not be). Early hominids contains the prehistoric taxa after the Pan/Homo split and, therefore, is using the term "hominid" in the anthropological sense and not the primatological sense.

                                                   Prehistoric mammals
                                                            |
                                                            V
           /-------------------------------------> Prehistoric primates
           |                                                |
           |                                                |
Primates --+--> Prosimians ----> Prehistoric prosimians <---+
           |                                                |
           +--> Monkeys -------> Prehistoric monkeys <------+
           |     |   |                                      |
           |     V   V                                      |
           |    OW  NW                                      |
           |                                                |
           \--> Apes -----------> Prehistoric apes <--------/
                                         |
                                         V
                                   Early hominids

[edit] Task list and progress

  1. Create article for each Family
  2. Ensure all Family articles are taxonomically consistent
    1. Ensure all articles between Order and Family rank are taxonomically consistent
      1. Prosimian article should be split to create Strepsirrhini
      2. Merge ape and hominoidea.
    2. Ensure all articles between Family and Genus rank are taxonomically consistent
  3. Create articles for all Species and for needed Genera
    1. Create links for all species articles on appropriate articles
    2. Create lists of uncreated articles to add to category pages:
      1. general primate articles
      2. New World monkey articles
      3. Old World monkey articles
      4. ape articles

[edit] Taxonomy and references

Primate taxonomy is by no means fully known or agreed upon. The following references are currently being used for this Project. See the discussion for other possibilities.

  • Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition (2005) - this is now the primary source for primate classification - use {{MSW3}} or one of its its derivatives (such as {{MSW3 Groves}}) in the reference section.
  • Primate Taxonomy (Smithsonian Institute Press, 2001), Colin Groves (ISBN 156098872X) - formerly the primary source
  • Russell Mittermeier et al., Lemurs of Madagascar, Conservation International (1994) particularly good for insights of habitat, diet, range of lemur species.
  • Mikko's Phylogeny Archive, Primate node - particularly good for relationships among the extant and extinct primates, although some nomenclature differs from MSW3

[edit] Use a taxobox

iIndridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lemuriformes
Superfamily: Lemuroidea
Family: Indridae
Burnett, 1828
Genera

Indri
Avahi
Propithecus

In general, primate entries should have taxobox. This is something we have inherited from the Tree of Life WikiProject. There are many examples there to look at.

There are several example primate taxoboxes, suitable for cut and paste insertion into entries:

[edit] Talk pages

Place {{PrimateTalk}} at the top of an article's talk page. This will help direct editors to this page for guidance.

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