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   simian

   /ˈsɪmɪən/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or affecting apes or monkeys: "simian immunodeficiency virus"
   • ▪ resembling a monkey: "his simian features"

   noun

   • 1. an ape or monkey.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin simia ‘ape’, perhaps via Latin from Greek simos ‘flat-nosed’.

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2. • • The meaning of SIMIAN is of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes.
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   Where did Simiiformes come from?

   • The infraorder Simiiformes (simian primates, consisting of monkeys and apes) emerged about 40 mya, possibly also in Asia; if so, they dispersed across the Tethys Sea from Asia to Africa soon afterwards.

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   How do prosimians move?

   • Primate species move by brachiation, bipedalism, leaping, arboreal and terrestrial quadrupedalism, climbing, knuckle-walking or by a combination of these methods. Several prosimians are primarily vertical clingers and leapers. These include many bushbabies, all indriids (i.e., sifakas, avahis and indris ), sportive lemurs, and all tarsiers.

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   Are prosimians monophyletic?

   • Prosimians contain two monophyletic groups (the suborder Strepsirrhini, or lemurs, lorises and allies, as well as the tarsiers of the suborder Haplorhini); it is a paraphyletic grouping because it excludes the Simiiformes, which also are descendants of the common ancestor Primates.

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   How many simian clades are there?

   • There are two simian clades, both parvorders: Catarrhini, which developed in Africa, consisting of Old World monkeys, humans and the other apes, and Platyrrhini, which developed in South America, consisting of New World monkeys. A third clade, which included the eosimiids, developed in Asia, but became extinct millions of years ago.

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4. www.britannica.com › animal › primate-mammalPrimate | Definition, Species, Characteristics ...

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   Jun 23, 2024 · primate, in zoology, any mammal of the group that includes the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. The order Primates, including more than 500 species, is the third most diverse order of mammals, after rodents (Rodentia) and bats (Chiroptera).

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   Jun 23, 2024 · The stages of the life cycle of primates vary considerably in duration. Among the most primitive members of the group, these stages are broadly comparable to those of other mammals of similar size. Higher in the phylogenetic scale, they are substantially extended. The greatest difference is in the duration of the infant and juvenile stages ...

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   4 days ago · Primate - Wikipedia. Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.

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   2 days ago · This definition does not preclude the possible presence of a cryptic layer 4, for example, the granular cells may be dispersed through other cortical layers, but it does indicate that there is a significant qualitative difference between species classified as having an atypical layer 4 when compared to those with either a typical or specialized layer 4.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › prosimianProsimian - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Jun 9, 2024 · noun. primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits. see more.

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   3 days ago · Mar Biol 169, 157 (2022). Credit pictures: Aki Masunaga and Alfonso Ferrandez-Roldán. Logically speaking, you would think that animals who appeared to be the same—even if they were found in ...