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Definition of Lemuroidea
1. Noun. Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Order Primates, Primates
Member holonyms: Lemur, Family Lemuridae, Lemuridae, Family Lorisidae, Lorisidae, Family Indriidae, Indriidae
Specialized synonyms: Daubentoniidae, Family Daubentoniidae
Definition of Lemuroidea
1. n. pl. A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species.
Medical Definition of Lemuroidea
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemuroidea
Literary usage of Lemuroidea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ethnology by Augustus Henry Keane (1896)
"... lemuroidea and Anthropoidea— The five families of the Anthropoidea—Their range
in time and space— Diagram of the Anthropoid families—Relations of the ..."
2. A Guide to the Fossil Mammals and Birds in the Department of Geology and by Arthur Smith Woodward (1904)
"lemuroidea. Pier-case 3. The lemurs, which are evidently of a lower grade than
the monkeys and apes, immediately preceded these Anthro- ..."
3. Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated Animals by Frank Evers Beddard (1905)
"... Sub-order lemuroidea THESE nocturnal creatures, which have got their name from
that way of life, stand unquestionably at a lower level than the apes, ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1884)
"... suborder perhaps lemuroidea, a> indicated by the dentition only ... may belong
to the lemuroidea, but the evidence which I have derived from the feet of ..."
5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1865)
"In the lemuroidea we again find a much greater range of variation ; for in Loris
and Nycticebus the length is not nearly twice the ..."
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