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	1.	Infraorder Tarsiformes - Tarsiers have extremely successful adaptations for leaping, their tibia and fibula are fused and two tarsal bones are elongated (hence their name). Tarsiers appear to be intermediate between prosimians (strepsirrhines) and monkeys and this has causaed a l... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	2.	Prosimians - Some taxomonies use the term prosimii for a primate suborder including groups of primitive primates distinct from the anthropoids (sub-order anthropoidea, including monkeys, apes and humans). The prosimian category includes lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers,... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	3.	Suborder: Strepsirrhini - Extant prosimians are the lemurs, indris, sifakas, aye-ayes, bushbabies, lorises and pottos. They tend to have retained more early mammalian characteristics than other primates, for example they are more likely to have: claws (though at least one nail is... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	4.	The Prosimii Suborder - A Prosimian is a premonkey or protomonkey. They are small insectivore-like mammals that exhibit some characteristics of monkeys. They have special behavioral and physical adaptations to fill different ecological niches. Prosimians can be diurnal?, but the... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	5.	Prosimians: SubOrder Prosimii/ Strepshirrini - 3 groups of Prosimians: lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers most like ancestral primates than other living primates. More similar to the early evolving primates than higher primates currently living today. Habitat: Prosimians are naturally found in Africa... Source/Host: Yahoo GeoCities \| Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	6.	Prosimians - The Audiovisual Archive of the Wisconsin Primate Research Center (WPRC) has collected 6000 photographic slides of nonhuman primates available for loan to educators, researchers and scientists. A selection of images available in the collection are provided... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	7.	LOWER PRIMATES or PROSIMIANS - Are prosimians primitive? Prosimii means "before apes" or "nearly monkeys". Prosimians also have features resembling primate fossils from about 50 million years ago. And unlike the "higher primates" prosimian skulls have smal... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	8.	Prosimians - Aye Aye Lemurs Tarsiers Galagos and Bush Babies Lorises! The Aye-Aye is about the size of a rabbit. It's average weight is 2,800 grams. It has black coarse fur and a large bushy tale. It has extremely large ears and eyes. It has an unusualy l... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	9.	Location of Lemurs, Lorises, other Prosimians and Madagascar Fauna in Captivity -- by Species - The following information is designed to help researchers or others who want to know how many individuals of a species or subspecies are in captivity worldwide and at what facilities. This information is collected and organized by the The International Sp... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	10.	Lara's Lemur Page - If you've never seen a lemur, you're missing out on a great part of life. Lemurs are primates, specifically prosimians (along with lorises, bushbabies, etc., and opposed to anthropoids, which are monkeys, apes and humans). They are adorable and can be so... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .