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taxonomy places the
lorisoids in
their own infraorder, Lorisiformes.
Lemuriform primates are
characterized by a toothcomb, a
specialized set of teeth...
- (/ˌstrɛpsəˈraɪni/ ; STREP-sə-RY-nee) is a
suborder of
primates that
includes the
lemuriform primates,
which consist of the
lemurs of Madagascar,
galagos ("bushbabies")...
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facilitates grooming,
similar to a hair comb. The
toothcomb occurs in
lemuriform primates (which
include lemurs and lorisoids), treeshrews, colugos, hyraxes...
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Theories had been
proposed that its family, Daubentoniidae, was
either a
lemuriform primate (meaning its
ancestors split from the
lemur line more recently...
- primates,
which includes lemurs and
lorisoids (collectively
called "
lemuriforms").
Although it is most
fully developed in
these primates,
similar structures...
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formula for this
family is 2.1.2.31.1.2.3 × 2 = 30. Godinot, M. (2006). "
Lemuriform origins as
viewed from the
fossil record".
Folia Primatologica. 77 (6):...
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Eurasia and
North America. An
early branch of this
clade gave rise to
lemuriform primates,
which includes lemurs and
their kin.
David Begun has theorised...
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slender and slow
lorises have
relatively short feet. Like
nearly all
lemuriforms, they have a
grooming claw on the
second toe of each foot. Slow lorises...
- and
lorisoids is
widely accepted,
their clade name is not. The term "
lemuriform" is used here
because it
derives from one po****r
taxonomy that clumps...
- it with the azibiids, a
group thought to be most
closely related to
lemuriforms (living
lemurs and lorisoids).
Because Algeripithecus was
radically reclassified...
