Definition of Strepsirhini

1. Noun. In some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs.

Exact synonyms: Suborder Strepsirhini
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Order Primates, Primates

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strepsirhini

Stravinskyan
Straw
Streep
Streisand
Streisand effect
Strekelia
Strekelia formosissima
Strelitz
Strelitzes
Strelitzia
Strelitzia reginae
Strelitziaceae
Strepera
Strephon
Strepsiceros
Strepsirhini
Streptococcus anhemolyticus
Streptomyces erythreus
Streptomyces griseus
Streptomyces scabies
Streptomycetaceae
Streptopelia
Streptopelia risoria
Streptopelia turtur
Streptosolen
Streptosolen jamesonii
Strickland
Strigidae
Strigiformes
Strindberg

Literary usage of Strepsirhini

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Student's Manual of Geology by Joseph Beete Jukes (1872)
"... to the New, and the strepsirhini, most of which belong to Madagascar. There are, however, many groups of animals wholly confined to one of the great ..."

2. Introduction to Mammalia by Charles Hamilton Smith (1858)
"... or wide noses, containing the monkeys of the New World; and strepsirhini, or turned nose, wherein the lemurs and allied species are arranged. ..."

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