COMPARING APE AND MONKEY

	Ape	Monkey
Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
Class	Mammal	Mammal
Order	Primates	Primates
Suborder	Haplorhini (dry-nosed)	Haplorhini (dry-nosed)
Infraorder	Simiiformes (higher primates)	Simiiformes (higher primates)
Parvorder	Catarrhini (hook-nosed)	New-world monkeys: Platyrrhini (flat-nosed); Old-world monkeys: Catarrhini
Superfamilies	Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys like baboons and macaques) and Hominoidea (Great Apes and Lesser Apes)	None
Families	Hylobatidae (i.e., Lesser Apes like gibbons) and Hominidae (i.e., Great Apes, including humans)	Callitrichidae (e.g., marmosets) and Cebidae (e.g., squirrel monkeys)
Species	Around 23 between Lesser Apes and Great Apes.	Hundreds of known species
Habitat	Africa and Southern Asia. Life lived at least sometimes on the ground. Great Apes and Lesser Apes only in or near tropical rainforests.	Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Life lived almost entirely in trees.
Lifespan	Can live up to 60 years	Can live up to 30 years
Brain size	Large	Small
Body Structure	Longer, usually upright posture. Long arms that are optimal for swinging from branch to branch. Humans entirely bipedal.	Shorter. Quadrupedal. Uses tail as "fifth limb" to help grasp limbs in trees.
Tail	No.	Old World monkeys: yes, but often short. New World monkey: yes.
Diet	Omnivorous. Fruits, plants, insects, small mammals (including monkeys).	Omnivorous. Fruits, plants, insects, small invertebrates.
Tool use	Can make and use tools for nut-cracking, hunting, and play.	No tool use