prosimian in a sentence
Examples
- Prosimians usually have litters rather than single offspring, which is the norm in higher primates.
- It has been observed that reproductive patterns of captive prosimians in the northern hemisphere are altered.
- Other prosimians shown include Mohol bushbabies and South East Asia's slow lorises and tarsiers.
- The order Primates was traditionally divided into two main groupings : prosimians and lorisoids, and tarsiers.
- The larger primates never reached Madagascar, making the island a sanctuary for prosimians, especially lemurs.
- The absence of a fourth cusp, the hypocone, distinguishes it from various other prosimian primates.
- The prosimians have retained the primitive mammalian condition of a bicornuate uterus, with two separate uterus chambers.
- It has a broader ribcage than most other prosimians, and has many lumbar vertebrae lending it considerable flexibility.
- The assumption written into all evolution textbooks was that the transition to anthropoids was made by animals larger than the prosimians.
- Here visitors can learn about the threats to the natural environment in Madagascar as well as getting close to these energetic prosimians.