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strepsirrhine

[ strep-suh-rahyn, ‐r ]

adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the suborder Strepsirrhini, which includes lemurs, bush babies, pottos, and lorises.


noun

  1. a strepsirrhine animal: modern taxonomy classifies the strepsirrhines and the haplorhines as the two suborders of primates.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of strepsirrhine1

First recorded in 1955–60; from New Latin ٰīī, plural of ٰīԳܲ, from Greek strepsi- (stem of ٰé “a turning round,” equivalent to strep-, variant stem of ٰé𾱲 “to twist, turn”) + “-nosed,” adjective derivative of ī́ “nose, snout”; rhino- ( def ); catarrhine ( def ), haplorhine ( def ), platyrrhine ( def )
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For the families that include bush babies and lemurs, also known as the strepsirrhine primates, we find a fully functional, anatomically complete vomeronasal organ.

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