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Subsets are a thing in biology as well. (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

For everyone confused, the term monkey refers to the infraorder Simiiformes. Simians include macaques, marmosets, and yes, great apes like chimps and us. So for decades people are being pedantic about "apes not monkeys" but monkeys/Simians includes apes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This image shows it well, including where other primates fit in

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Real pedants know monkeys aren’t apes, but apes are monkeys.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

But, but, but MONKEYS ARE APES! More specifically, the monkeys that are apes are apes.