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prosimian

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prosimian: see primate primate, member of the mammalian order Primates, which includes humans, apes , monkeys , and prosimians, or lower primates. The group can be traced to the late Cretaceous period, where members were forest dwellers.
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The aye-aye is the only prosimian to have continually growing teeth and a long, spindly finger--perfect for nabbing the larvae of wood-boring insects.
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These cyclically occurring vaginal membranes, found in guinea pigs and some species of prosimians, disappear under the stimulation of the same gonadal hormones produced by the preovulatory follicle and ensure that sexual intercourse only occurs when the female can become pregnant (reviewed in Wallen, 2001).
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Frugivory and taste responses to fructose and tannic acid in a prosimian primate and a didelphid marsupial.
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