Examples Monkeys Primates Whales 
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 19, 2014
Whales are cows. So, for example, humans are apes. If we assume (probably incorrectly) that of apes and monkeys, they all descended from a monkey like ancestor, than apes are monkeys. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. You should have said whales. Even though whales are cows.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2018
For example, you could say, “among mammals, only three families include species with a meaningful degree of root eating” or “within the family that includes lemmings and voles, there is a mixture of monogamous and polygynous species” and so on. Monkey is a common, not scientific, term. Sometimes the exceptions are spectacular.
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