• Lemuroid

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈliː.mÉ™(ɹ)ˌɔɪd/

    Origin

    From lemur + -oid

    Full definition of lemuroid

    Adjective

    lemuroid

    1. Of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs)
      • 2006, Kenneth David Rose, The Beginning of the Age of Mammals, A few recent discoveries, however, expand the temporal range of both lemuroid and lorisoid primates back to the early Tertiary.
      • 1999, Ian D. Hume, Marsupial nutrition, The lemuroid dentition is also closely similar to that of the greater glider in having a greater number of cutting edges on the upper molars compared with the common ringtail.
      • 1980, William Diller Matthew, w, Outline and general principles of the history of life Chapter Lemurs Monkeys Apes and Man, 1. In the Paleocene we find remains of small animals intermediate between the tree-shrews and the lemurs, and at the end of the Paleocene the first true Primates, small lemuroid forms.

    Noun

    lemuroid

    (plural lemuroids)
    1. A member of the Lemuroidea superfamily of strepsirrhine primates, including lemurs
      • 1832, Zoological society of London, Proceedings of the Zoological society of London (1832) Chapter Mr. St. George Mivart On Microrhynchus., In M. laniger the canine and most anterior premolar are more equal than in any other Lermuroid, or indeed than in any other Primate except Man.
      • 1977, Philip Hershkovitz, Living New World monkeys (Platyrrhini) - with an introduction to Primates Chapter 4 Some Descriptive, Diagnostic, Quasi-diagnostic, and Primitive Mammalian Characters of Living Primates, Supernumary or vestigal mammae may occur anywhere along the mammary line extinding from axilla to groin. Among lemuroids, however (cf. Shultz 1948), usually one but frequently up to three well-developed mammary pairs are pectoral (including axial), one pair abdominal and one or two pairs inguinal.
      • 1987, Russell L. Ciochon, John G. Fleagle, Primate evolution and human origins Chapter 10 Notes on the Cranial Anatomy of the Subfossil Malagasy Lemurs, At a meeting of the Royal Society held on June 15, 1893, C.I. Forsyth Major descirbed the skull of an extinct Malagasy primate, the first to come to scientific attention (Major, 1894). Since that time, the subfossil remains of some six genera and 12 species of extinct lemuroids have been recovered in Madagascar, many of them represented by quite abundant material.
    2. An animal that has the appearance or characteristics of a lemur

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