A few recent discoveries, however, expand the temporal range of both lemuroid and lorisoid primates back to the early Tertiary.
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Lemuroid
//ˈliː.mə(ɹ)ˌɔɪd//
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The lemuroid dentition is also closely similar to that of the greater glider in having a greater number of cutting edges on the upper molars compared with the common ringtail.
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1. In the Paleocene we find remains of small animals intermediate between the tree-shrews and the lemurs, and at the end of the Paleocene the first true Primates, small lemuroid forms.
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In M. laniger the canine and most anterior premolar are more equal than in any other Lermuroid, or indeed than in any other Primate except Man.
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