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<p> In his <i><a href="/facts/Systema_Naturae/8o4rU1DD">Systema Naturae</a></i> of 1758, <a href="/facts/Carl_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Carl Linnaeus</a> divided the Order <a href="/facts/Primate/Hl8RNE2X">Primates</a> within <i><a href="/facts/Mammalia_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/thnHh2Qo">Mammalia</a></i> into four <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genera</a>: <i><a href="/facts/Homo_(genus)/qvJtEBr2">Homo</a></i>, <i>Simia</i>, <i><a href="/facts/Lemur_(genus)/2dXjuW8r">Lemur</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Vespertilio/U4yV2MVy">Vespertilio</a></i>. His <i>Vespertilio</i> included all <a href="/facts/Bat/CJudzNt1">bats</a>, and has since been moved from Primates to <a href="/facts/Chiroptera/CJudzNt1">Chiroptera</a>. <i>Homo</i> contained humans, <i>Lemur</i> contained four lemurs and a <a href="/facts/Colugo/KNj0wHKf">colugo</a>, and <i>Simia</i> contained the other Primates. Linnaeus did not think that <i>Homo</i> should form a distinct group from <i>Simia</i>, classifying them separately mainly to avoid conflict with religious authorities. If this is taken into account, <i>Simia</i> (including <i>Homo</i>) would be roughly equivalent to the Suborder <a href="/facts/Haplorhini/KhTwbmC2">Haplorhini</a> of the Primates (while <i>Lemur</i> would be roughly equivalent to the Suborder <a href="/facts/Strepsirrhini/fM0vEzGX">Strepsirrhini</a>). </p><p><i>Homo</i>, <i>Lemur</i>, and <i>Vespertilio</i> have survived as generic names, but <i>Simia</i> has not. All the species have since been moved to other genera, and in 1929, the <a href="/facts/International_Commission_on_Zoological_Nomenclature/krrmj3EL">International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature</a> ruled in its <i>Opinion 114</i> that <i>Simia</i> be suppressed. The genus <i>Simias</i> is distinct and remains valid, containing a single species, the <a href="/facts/Pig-tailed_langur/BPrRLwYY">pig-tailed langur</a> (<i>Simias concolor</i>). </p><p>The original genus <i>Simia</i> came to include these species: </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Modern genus</th><th>Modern common name</th><th>Original scientific name</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Carlito_(genus)/k8d6IR9L">Carlito</a></i> <a href="/facts/Colin_Groves/bJeJhyuu">Groves</a> and Shekelle, 2010</td><td><a href="/facts/Philippine_tarsier/k8d6IR9L">Philippine tarsier</a></td><td><i>Simia syrichta</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Callithrix/kvckddFL">Callithrix</a></i> <a href="/facts/Johann_Christian_Polycarp_Erxleben/7h3hMRzm">Erxleben</a>, 1777</td><td><a href="/facts/Silvery_marmoset/zYnbhmmk">Silvery marmoset</a></td><td><i>Simia argentata</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1771</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Common_marmoset/vnyXpN2m">Common marmoset</a></td><td><i>Simia jacchus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Leontopithecus/kB7dBH4X">Leontopithecus</a></i> <a href="/facts/Rene_Primevere_Lesson/8aE7n02b">Lesson</a>, 1840</td><td><a href="/facts/Golden_lion_tamarin/BUGIhbdB">Golden lion tamarin</a></td><td><i>Simia rosalia</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><i><a href="/facts/Saguinus/XsAXcdUR">Saguinus</a></i> <a href="/facts/Johann_Centurius_Hoffmannsegg/teS84f7V">Hoffmannsegg</a>, 1807</td><td><a href="/facts/Brown-mantled_tamarin/IYcDeenw">Brown-mantled tamarin</a></td><td><i>Simia leonina</i> <a href="/facts/Alexander_von_Humboldt/5AuxyDbh">Humboldt</a>, 1806</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Red-handed_tamarin/Q1EtMdzY">Red-handed tamarin</a></td><td><i>Simia midas</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cotton-top_tamarin/XmecxRtE">Cotton-top tamarin</a></td><td><i>Simia oedipus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/facts/Cebus/zU4SaKln">Cebus</a></i> <a href="/facts/Johann_Christian_Polycarp_Erxleben/7h3hMRzm">Erxleben</a>, 1777</td><td><a href="/facts/White-fronted_capuchin/zdrxcgkN">White-fronted capuchin</a></td><td><i>Simia albifrons</i> <a href="/facts/Alexander_von_Humboldt/5AuxyDbh">Humboldt</a>, 1812</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/White-headed_capuchin/eNCW083p">White-headed capuchin</a></td><td><i>Simia capucina</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Tufted_capuchin/a2PyQmu6">Tufted capuchin</a></td><td><i>Simia apella</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i>Simia fatuellus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Saimiri/02jtgEyF">Saimiri</a></i> <a href="/facts/Friedrich_Sigmund_Voigt/uIbNWWEq">Voigt</a>, 1831</td><td><a href="/facts/Common_squirrel_monkey/U0h5G1gG">Common squirrel monkey</a></td><td><i>Simia sciurea</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Alouatta/I0xakUcy">Alouatta</a></i> <a href="/facts/Bernard_Germain_%C3%89tienne_de_la_Ville,_Comte_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de/3G5EEL32">Lacépède</a>, 1799</td><td><a href="/facts/Red-handed_howler/lqMzBArs">Red-handed howler</a></td><td><i>Simia belzebul</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Venezuelan_red_howler/C3lwyffc">Venezuelan red howler</a></td><td><i>Simia seniculus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Ateles/uvPareXN">Ateles</a></i> <a href="/facts/%C3%89tienne_Geoffroy_Saint-Hilaire/IyVfsXzv">É. Geoffroy</a>, 1806</td><td><a href="/facts/Red-faced_spider_monkey/QttFKHlJ">Red-faced spider monkey</a></td><td><i>Simia paniscus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Lagothrix/JxQEyUII">Lagothrix</a></i> <a href="/facts/%C3%89tienne_Geoffroy_Saint-Hilaire/IyVfsXzv">É. Geoffroy</a>, 1812</td><td><a href="/facts/Brown_woolly_monkey/w0R48FEF">Brown woolly monkey</a></td><td><i>Simia lagotricha</i> <a href="/facts/Alexander_von_Humboldt/5AuxyDbh">Humboldt</a>, 1812</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Pithecia/zgMFMqet">Pithecia</a></i> <a href="/facts/Anselme_Ga%C3%ABtan_Desmarest/U1vLEUVh">Desmarest</a>, 1804</td><td><a href="/facts/White-faced_saki/22tFqYV6">White-faced saki</a></td><td><i>Simia pithecia</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Chiropotes/Ugvc9eBH">Chiropotes</a></i> <a href="/facts/Rene_Primevere_Lesson/8aE7n02b">Lesson</a>, 1840</td><td><a href="/facts/Black_bearded_saki/GmSV4Q1E">Black bearded saki</a></td><td><i>Simia chiropotes</i> <a href="/facts/Alexander_von_Humboldt/5AuxyDbh">Humboldt</a>, 1812</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Callicebus/zSBRPgWc">Callicebus</a></i> <a href="/facts/Oldfield_Thomas/Mtl09GRp">Thomas</a>, 1903</td><td><a href="/facts/Black_titi/9Baw4pNF">Black titi</a></td><td><i>Simia lugens</i> <a href="/facts/Alexander_von_Humboldt/5AuxyDbh">Humboldt</a>, 1812?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Atlantic_titi/C4kN29bd">Atlantic titi</a></td><td><i>Simia personatus</i> <a href="/facts/%C3%89tienne_Geoffroy_Saint-Hilaire/IyVfsXzv">É. Geoffroy</a>, 1812</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Chlorocebus/S9smT9fk">Chlorocebus</a></i> <a href="/facts/John_Edward_Gray/6JdrIDH0">Gray</a>, 1870</td><td><a href="/facts/Grivet/aPxT0Sxw">Grivet</a></td><td><i>Simia aethiops</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Green_monkey/Hwoh876l">Green monkey</a></td><td><i>Simia sabacea</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/facts/Cercopithecus/fUmWCaAI">Cercopithecus</a></i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758(named as a subsection of <i>Simia</i>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Moustached_guenon/XRayUDjB">Moustached guenon</a></td><td><i>Simia cephus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Diana_monkey/EMIdSCn2">Diana monkey</a></td><td><i>Simia diana</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><i>Simia faunus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Greater_spot-nosed_monkey/fd5l7d4p">Greater spot-nosed monkey</a></td><td><i>Simia nictitans</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="8"><i><a href="/facts/Macaque/r2tPXVFu">Macaca</a></i> <a href="/facts/Bernard_Germain_%C3%89tienne_de_la_Ville,_Comte_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de/3G5EEL32">Lacépède</a>, 1799</td><td><a href="/facts/Crab-eating_macaque/srDS78ok">Crab-eating macaque</a></td><td><i>Simia aygula</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Barbary_macaque/ct712gSW">Barbary macaque</a></td><td>?<i>Simia cynamolgos</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td>?<i>Simia cynomolgus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td><i>Simia inuus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td><i>Simia sylvanus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Southern_pig-tailed_macaque/1jTNwFht">Southern pig-tailed macaque</a></td><td><i>Simia nemestrina</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lion-tailed_macaque/53ls5PTN">Lion-tailed macaque</a></td><td><i>Simia silenus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Toque_macaque/S02d7xWY">Toque macaque</a></td><td><i>Simia sinica</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1771</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Papio/qz7J3AoC">Papio</a></i> <a href="/facts/Johann_Christian_Polycarp_Erxleben/7h3hMRzm">Erxleben</a>, 1777</td><td><a href="/facts/Hamadryas_baboon/tFcobWGt">Hamadryas baboon</a></td><td><i>Simia hamadryas</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Yellow_baboon/ahprD7kJ">Yellow baboon</a></td><td><i>Simia cynocephalus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Mandrillus/R6UVhLbA">Mandrillus</a></i> <a href="/facts/Ferdinand_August_Maria_Franz_von_Ritgen/IgzFgzal">Ritgen</a>, 1824</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Mandrill/7KjwFQPW">Mandrill</a></td><td><i>Simia sphinx</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><i>Simia maimon</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1"><i><a href="/facts/Pygathrix/SEHnohDu">Pygathrix</a></i> <a href="/facts/%C3%89tienne_Geoffroy_Saint-Hilaire/IyVfsXzv">É. Geoffroy</a>, 1812</td><td><a href="/facts/Red-shanked_douc/hA7EdsNH">Red-shanked douc</a></td><td><i>Simia nemaeus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1771</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Orangutan/UNSyBlk5">Pongo</a></i> <a href="/facts/Bernard_Germain_%C3%89tienne_de_la_Ville,_Comte_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de/3G5EEL32">Lacépède</a>, 1799</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Bornean_orangutan/ThW4rETl">Bornean orangutan</a></td><td><i>Simia pygmaeus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1760</td></tr><tr><td><i>Simia satyrus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/facts/Pan_(genus)/Hm6Aox8c">Pan</a></i> <a href="/facts/Lorenz_Oken/ERNhMA89">Oken</a>, 1816</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Common_chimpanzee/JXSpFsHy">Common chimpanzee</a></td><td><i>Simia satyrus</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><i>Simia troglodytes</i> <a href="/facts/Johann_Friedrich_Blumenbach/J1S7PSDj">Blumenbach</a>, 1775</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">(unknown)</td><td rowspan="4"></td><td><i>Simia apedia</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><i>Simia morta</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1758</td></tr><tr><td><i>Simia trepida</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr><tr><td><i>Simia veter</i> <a href="/facts/Carolus_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, 1766</td></tr></tbody></table>