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Suborder vs Prosimian - What's the difference?

suborder | prosimian |

As nouns the difference between suborder and prosimian

is that suborder is a taxonomic category below order and above infraorder while prosimian is a primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder suborder: Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.

As an adjective prosimian is

of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.

suborder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (taxonomy) A taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.

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    prosimian

    English

    (wikipedia prosimian)

    Adjective

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  • Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder , but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.