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Definisjon av Primates

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Noun
Primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
order Primates
animal order the order of animals
eutheria, subclass eutheria all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
primate any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
anthropoidea, suborder anthropoidea monkeys; apes; hominids
prosimii, suborder prosimii not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea
adapid, adapid group extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
lemuroidea, suborder lemuroidea Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii
strepsirhini, suborder strepsirhini in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs
omomyid, omomyid group extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
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Primates - Plural of primate.

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