are horses primates
Range of the nonhuman primates (green) A primate (/ˈpraɪmeɪt/ PRY-mayt) is a mammal of the order Primates (Latin: prime, first rank). In taxonomy, primates include two distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines. Animal Handedness Myths. Many websites are fond of claiming that all polar bears are left-handed, but this turns out to be yet another left-handedness myth: in fact, they show a 50-50 paw preference, with perhaps a slight preference for the right according to one study. Another popular myth is that all horses are left-handed/hoofed. Primates are characterized by large brains relative to other mammals, as well as an increased reliance on stereoscopic vision at the expense of smell, the dominant sensory system in most mammals. These features are more developed in monkeys and apes and noticeably less so in lorises and lemurs. Three-color vision has developed in some primates. Most also have opposable thumbs and some have prehensile tails. Many species are sexually dimorphic; differences include body mass, canine tooth size, and coloration. The order Primates includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians. Many of them may be familiar, but it would not be surprising if you cannot immediately visualize prosimians (like the ring-tailed lemurs in the picture on the right). Primates are generally lively, clever, and very successful at adapting to different environmental opportunities. Physically, however, they are relatively unspecialized compared to animals such as birds, horses, and cats. Primates are not particularly fast runners, they do not have the sharpest hearing, they cannot fly, nor are they efficient hunters. However, the majority of these genes in humans, and presumably other large primates, are no longer functional. Recent research has shown that of the approximately 1,000 human olfactory receptor genes, only 347 remain functional. The rest have mutations that deactivate them. Some primates (including some great apes and baboons) are primarily terrestrial rather than arboreal, but all species possess adaptations for climbing trees. Locomotion techniques used include leaping from tree to tree, walking on two or four limbs, knuckle-walking, and swinging between branches of trees (brachiation). Researchers have even tried to breed animals according to their paw preference, but the resulting generations still exhibit a random mix. Thus, although the lower animals may show handedness, they do not show right-handedness or left-handedness. Primates still do, but many, if not most, mammals do not. Horses, deer, cows and many other mammals have a reduced number of digits on their forelimbs and hindlimbs. Primates also retain other generalized skeletal features like the clavicle or collar bone. Although individual animals do tend to have a hand/paw preference (and indeed are remarkably reluctant to switch from their preferred hand in spite of the best efforts of animal experimenters), no preference has been observed at the species or population level, where it appears to remain close to 50% right and 50% left.
No, horses are mammals.