Adapid

Adapids
Conservation status: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Strepsirrhini
Family:Adapidae
Genera (extinct)

Godinotia
others

The adapids, members of the extinct family Adapidae, are prosimian primates that lived during the Eocene epoch. Adapids are believed to have been generally lemur-like, and are considered by many to be the probable ancestors of modern lemurs and lorises.

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See also: Adapid