lorisoidn.adj.
/ˈlɔːrɪsɔɪd/ A. n.
A member of the suborder Lorisoidea, introduced by C. Tate Regan in 1930 and used in some recent classifications of primates.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Lorisidae
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1930 C. T. Regan in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 385 The continent formed by the union of Africa and South America..was the original home of the Lemuroids and Lorisoids.
1953 W. C. O. Hill Primates I. 105 Lorisoids tend to possess more rounded heads, with shorter faces, than the average lemuroid.
1970 Nature 25 July 355/2 Such diverse groups of primates as the omomyids, most lemuroids, lorisoids or the platyrrhines.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this suborder.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [adjective] > of or relating to the loris
lorisoid1930
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1930 C. T. Regan in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 387 In the Eocene there were in existence animals with many Lorisoid characters.
1953 W. C. O. Hill Primates I. 101 Their [sc. dwarf-lemurs'] general affinities are certainly more lemuroid than lorisoid.
1965 Punch 21 Apr. 580/1 Dr. Manley's studies on social behaviour and reproductive patterns in lorisoid primates have been extended to include the Angwantibo.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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