Question

What are characteristics of all primates?

Answer 1

Characteristics of all primates include four limbs, a high degree of mobility in their shoulders, the collarbone, forward facing eyes, relatively dexterous hands, and a high degree of intelligence.

Explanation:

Characteristics of all primates include four limbs, collarbones, a high degree of mobility in their shoulders, forward facing eyes, relatively dexterous hands, and a high degree of intelligence.

Primates are an incredibly diverse genera, ranging from humans to lemurs. Some primates have a prehensile tail but others do not. Some can see in color but the owl monkey is nocturnal and cannot. Some primates are arboreal whereas others live on the ground.

We can't even say that all primates have five digits, as spider monkeys have only four fingers on each hand (they do have five toes on each foot).

Primate hands:

You can read more about primates and their unique and not so unique traits here and here.