Prosimian

Prosimians are the most primitive extant primates; they represent forms that were ancestral to monkeys, apes and humans. Prosimians are the only primates native to Madagascar, and are also found in Southeast Asia. With the exception of the tarsiers, all of the prosimians are in the suborder Strepsirrhini.

Related Topics:
Primate - Monkey - Ape - Human - Madagascar - Asia - Tarsier - Suborder - Strepsirrhini

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The adapids are an extinct grouping that were most certainly prosimians and closely related to the strepsirhines. The omomyids are another extinct group of prosmians but they are believed to be haplorrhines, closely related to the tarsiers, but an outgroup to the rest of the haplorrhines.

Related Topics:
Adapid - Extinct - Strepsirhine - Omomyid - Haplorrhine

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