Meaning | Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins. |
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Synonym | Omomyid group |
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Member of | Primates, order Primates | An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings |
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Broader | taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon | animal or plant group having natural relations |
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