Prosimian

HANNA: Well, the lemur is what we call a prosimian, which means pre-monkey and pre-ape. ❋ Unknown (2010)

BB, the bouncing bush baby, was a small prosimian we brought back from Kenya, and Bear was simply the most loving and loyal German shepherd ever, who some fool dumped off in the hills of Beverly and I was lucky enough to rescue. ❋ Stefanie Powers (2010)

The authors of the paper describing Darwinius classified it as a member of the primate family Notharctidae, subfamily Cercamoniinae, suggesting that it has the status of a significant transitional form (a "link") between the prosimian and simian ("anthropoid") primate lineages. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the Fongoli site in Senegal, we observed ten different chimpanzees use tools to hunt prosimian prey in 22 bouts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So Gunther et al. (1992) titled a paper 'Can prosimian-like leaping be considered a preadaptation to bipedal walking in hominids'. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Can prosimian-like leaping be considered a preadaptation to bipedal walking in hominids? ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Are there aerodynamic effects in leaping prosimian primates? ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Several primate species are found in these forests and include the threatened banded langur (Trachypithecus melalophus) and slow loris (Loris nycticebus), a small, nocturnal prosimian. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Ring-Tailed Lemur — a native of Madagascar, the ring-tailed lemur is a “prosimian”, or an ancestor of the modern primates. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This is a prosimian, which means it's pre-monkey and pre-ape. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The photos are almost all close up, amazing crisp and reproduced brilliantly, and for the pictures alone it's a nice addition to the bio shelves of the library here which are mostly prosimian primatology, focusing on lemurs. ❋ Badger (2006)

The lemur -- remember, I told you this is a prosimian. ❋ Unknown (2005)

His eyes were bright and bulging, like a lemur's, like a hungry prosimian awakened from its diurnal slumber. ❋ Robbins, Tom (2003)

And the lemur's an animal that's very prehistoric, a prosimian. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Established in 1966, today the center ranks as the world's largest sanctuary for rare and endangered prosimian primates. ❋ By RACHEL NUWER (2012)

If more evidence piles up in favor of prosimian social learning, it's almost a given that the ability first emerged before prosimian and simian primates split about 63 million years ago, Santos said. ❋ Dave Mosher (2011)

To test prosimian social learning abilities, Stoinski and her team built a snack-filled tube with two different ways to open it - a hinged door and a sliding door. ❋ Dave Mosher (2011)