Adapid

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

Godinotia
Adapis
Adapoides
Leptadapis
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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