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Most catarrhine species show considerable [[sexual dimorphism]] and do not form a [[pair bond]]. Most, but not all, species live in social groups.{{citation needed|date=August 2010}} Like the platyrrhines, the catarrhines are generally [[diurnality|diurnal]],<ref name=chimpanzoo>{{cite web | url = http://www.chimpanzoo.org/catarrhi.html | title = Catarrhini Infraorder | publisher = ChimpanZoo (The Jane Goodall Institute) | access-date = January 1, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121015085243/http://www.chimpanzoo.org/catarrhi.html | archive-date = 15 October 2012 | url-status = dead}}</ref> and have grasping hands and (with the exception of bipedal humans) grasping feet.
The apes – in both traditional and [[phylogenic]] nomenclature – are exclusively catarrhine species. In traditional usage, '''ape''' describes any tailless, larger, and more typically ground-dwelling species of catarrhine. "Ape" may be found as part of the common name of such species, such as the [[Barbary ape]]. In phylogenic usage, the term ape applies only to the [[Taxonomic rank#Ranks in zoology|superfamily]] [[Hominoidea]]. This grouping comprises the two families: [[Hylobatidae]], the
==Classification and evolution==
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