|
|
Definition of Prosimii
1. Noun. Not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Order Primates, Primates
Member holonyms: Prosimian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosimii
Literary usage of Prosimii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"... although the various orders are generally distinguished by the similar characters
of their placenta. J The prosimii form a ..."
2. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"... and as that of the prosimii as illustrated by one at least ... and some but
not all Lemurs amongst prosimii, the clitoris is perforated by the urethra, ..."
3. Reports on Zoology for 1843, 1844 by Andreas Johann Wagner, Franz Hermann Troschel, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1847)
"prosimii.—Under the title of Bydragen tot de Kennis van de ... or prosimii, in
the ' Tijdschrift voor ..."
4. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... or prosimii. Sonnerat, Pollen, and Peters are Brehm's authorities for the
natural history of this group, and he does not ..."
5. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"This is frequently the case among the Quadrumana. The natives of Madagascar assert
that in some species of the prosimii male and female nurse their young in ..."
6. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1901)
"What among lower Mammals is an exception, is among the Quadrumana a rule.
The natives of Madagascar relate that in some species of the prosimii, ..."
7. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1891)
"The natives of Madagascar relate that in some species of the prosimii, male and
female nurse their young in common 16—a statement, however, which has not ..."
8. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"prosimii. Ape-like, mostly nocturnal, arboreal Primates of comparatively low
organisation. All the digits of both feet are provided with ..."
Other Resources:
