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Definition of Lemuridae
1. Noun. Typical lemurs; of Madagascar.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Lemuroidea, Suborder Lemuroidea
Member holonyms: Genus Lemur
Medical Definition of Lemuridae
1. A family of the order primates, suborder strepsirhini (prosimii), containing four genera which inhabit madagascar and the comoro island. most of the lemurs prefer wooded areas. The four genera are hapalemur, lemur, lepilemur, and varecia. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemuridae
Literary usage of Lemuridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"... after extensive comparisons of the auditory and lacrymal regions of the skulls
of primates, came to the conclusion that the modern lemuridae had been ..."
2. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"(la—396) (la—396) The Spines of the Cervical Vertebras and Their Muscles in the
lemuridae. After describing the spinous apophyses of the cervical vertebras ..."
3. "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation": Its Argument Examined and Exposed by Samuel Richard Bosanquet (1845)
"lemuridae, (Lemurs). The author of the Vestiges rejects the order Quadrumana,
... and the lemuridae into the suctorial, to which their length of muzzle and ..."
4. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex by Charles Robert Darwin (1871)
"The lemuridae stand below and close to the ... were originally developed from
the progenitors of the existing lemuridae; and these in their turn from forms ..."
5. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... and also to the lemuridae ; and a cranium recently discovered in the Department
of Lot (SW France), undoubtedly belonging to the lemuridae, ..."
6. The Doctrine of Descent and Darwinism by Schmidt (Eduard Oskar) (1876)
"In the lemuridae, the system unites the heterogeneous remains of a collection of
animals which, by reason of their prehensile hind feet with their opposable ..."
7. The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1896)
"326) that the superior incisors of certain lemuridae are without utility, owing
to the conversion of the inferior incisors into a horizontal comb. ..."
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