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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
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Order Primates, Primates
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strepsirhini
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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