Know Your Primate: Notharctus

Infraorder: Lemuriformes Family: Adapidae Subfamily: Notharctinae Genera: Notharctus Species: N. robinsoni, N. tenebrosus, N. pugnax, and N. robustior Notharctus is an Eocene genera of primates found only in North America. Notharctus forms a single evolving lineage with the earlier Cantius and Pelycodus, consequently it can be hard to tell where Cantius leaves off and Notharctus [...]

Friday Know Your Primate

Order Primates Infraorder Strepsirrhini Family Adapidae Genus Adapis Species Adapis parisiensis The Adapidae are fossil primates that range from the early Eocene to the late Miocene in Europe and North America. They were most numerous during the middle Eocene. There are two subfamilies (Northarctinae and Adapinae) comprised of 19 genera (five in Northarctinae, the rest [...]

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