Definitions for prosimian
proʊˈsɪm i ənprosimi·an

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1. prosimiannoun

   primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits

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1. prosimiannoun

   A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.

2. prosimianadjective

   Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.

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1. Prosimian

   Prosimians are a group of primates that includes all living and extinct strepsirrhines (lemurs, lorisoids, and adapiforms), as well as the haplorhine tarsiers and their extinct relatives, the omomyiforms, i.e. all primates excluding the simians. They are considered to have characteristics that are more "primitive" (ancestral or plesiomorphic) than those of simians (monkeys, apes, and humans).Simians emerged within the Prosimians as sister group of the haplorhine tarsiers, and therefore cladistically belong to this group. Simians are thus distinctly closer related to tarsiers than lemurs are. Strepsirrhines bifurcated some 20 million years earlier than the tarsier - simian bifurcation. However, simians are traditionally excluded, rendering prosimians paraphyletic. Consequently, the term "prosimian" is no longer widely used in a taxonomic sense, but is still used to illustrate the behavioral ecology of tarsiers relative to the other primates. Prosimians are the only primates native to Madagascar, but are also found throughout Africa and in Asia.

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1. prosimian

   Prosimian is a suborder of primates that includes various nocturnal and arboreal animals such as lemurs, tarsiers, and bush babies. They are considered more primitive than monkeys and apes, with characteristics that are more similar to early ancestral primates. The name "prosimian" means "before monkeys".

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1. Prosimian

   Prosimians are a type of primate that include lemurs, lorises, bushbabies, and tarsiers, but not monkeys, apes, or humans. They are considered to have characteristics that are more "primitive" than those of monkeys and apes. Prosimians are the only primates native to Madagascar, but are also found throughout Africa and in Asia. With the exception of the tarsiers, all extant prosimians are in the suborder Strepsirrhini. Because tarsiers, as well as some extinct prosimians, share a more recent common ancestor with monkeys and apes than with other prosimians, the prosimian are a paraphyletic group and not a clade. The adapiforms are an extinct grouping that were both prosimians and strepsirrhines. The omomyiforms are another extinct group of prosimians, but they are believed to be haplorhines, closely related to the tarsiers, but an outgroup to the rest of the haplorhines.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prosimian in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prosimian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prosimian
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prosimian
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosimian
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=prosimian