lemuroid
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4ADJ.
small, true
VERB + LEMUROID
range
LEMUROID + NOUN
dentition, lorisoid, primates
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also
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adj
Of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs)
A few recent discoveries, however, expand the temporal range of both lemuroid and lorisoid primates back to the early Tertiary.
The lemuroid dentition is also closely similar to that of the greater glider in having a greater number of cutting edges on the upper molars compared with the common ringtail.
Resembling a lemur.
noun
A member of the Lemuroidea superfamily of strepsirrhine primates, including lemurs
In M. laniger the canine and most anterior premolar are more equal than in any other Lermuroid, or indeed than in any other Primate except Man.
Supernumary or vestigal mammae may occur anywhere along the mammary line extinding from axilla to groin. Among lemuroids, however (cf. Shultz 1948), usually one but frequently up to three well-developed mammary pairs are pectoral (including axial), one pair abdominal and one or two pairs inguinal.
An animal that has the appearance or characteristics of a lemur
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6A few recent discoveries, however, expand the temporal range of both lemuroid and lorisoid primates back to the early Tertiary.
WiktionaryThe lemuroid dentition is also closely similar to that of the greater glider in having a greater number of cutting edges on the upper molars compared with the common ringtail.
Wiktionary1. In the Paleocene we find remains of small animals intermediate between the tree-shrews and the lemurs, and at the end of the Paleocene the first true Primates, small lemuroid forms.
WiktionaryIn M. laniger the canine and most anterior premolar are more equal than in any other Lermuroid, or indeed than in any other Primate except Man.
WiktionarySupernumary or vestigal mammae may occur anywhere along the mammary line extinding from axilla to groin. Among lemuroids, however (cf. Shultz 1948), usually one but frequently up to three well-develop
WiktionaryAt a meeting of the Royal Society held on June 15, 1893, C.I. Forsyth Major descirbed the skull of an extinct Malagasy primate, the first to come to scientific attention (Major, 1894). Since that time
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