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Prosimians are a
group of
primates that
includes all
living and
extinct strepsirrhines (lemurs, lorisoids, and adapiforms), as well as the
haplorhine tarsiers...
- diagram, the strepsirrhine/
prosimian clade, is
basal to the hominoids/ape clade. In this example, both
Haplorrhine as
prosimians should be
considered as...
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living primates have lost at
least the
first premolar. "Hence most of the
prosimians and
platyrrhines have
three premolars. Some
genera have also lost more...
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leading to humans.
Commonly used
names for
groups of
primates such as
prosimians, monkeys,
lesser apes, and
great apes
reflect this methodology. According...
- biology, behavior, and
health of primates.
Mouse lemurs are
categorized as
prosimian primates. They are
among the
smallest and most
rapidly developing primates...
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identified in
prosimian fossils from as
early as the Eocene.
Vertical clinging and
leaping has only been
observed in primates, and
primarily in
prosimians. A few...
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would be
quite unlikely.
Despite this
preferred taxonomic division, "
prosimian" is
still regularly found in
textbooks and the
academic literature because...
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Dixson (26
January 2012).
Primate ****uality:
Comparative Studies of the
Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and Humans.
Oxford University Press. ISBNÂ 978-0-19-954464-6...
- Dixson, Alan F. (1998).
Primate ****uality:
Comparative Studies of the
Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and
Human Beings. Oxford, England: (Oxford University...
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index that
ranges from 63-66. It has a
broader ribcage than most
other prosimians, and has many
lumbar vertebrae lending it
considerable flexibility. The...
