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Primates

A mammal of the order Primates, which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.

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Primates

proboscis monkey

Animals; Primates

Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus, family Cercopithecidae) is a species of long-tailed arboreal Old World monkey of swampy mangrove forests on Borneo. Diurnal vegetarians, they live in groups of ...

primates

Animals; Primates

Mammals of the order primates which contains prosimians and simians.

simians

Animals; Primates

Higher primates familiar to most people. Resembling an ape or monkey.

prosimians

Animals; Primates

Primates that include lemurs, lorises, bushbabies, and tarsiers, but not monkeys.

loris

Animals; Primates

Common name for the strepsirrhine primates of the subfamily Lorisianae in family Lorisidae.

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