Tarsioidea (Noun)
Meaning
In some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Tarsioidea is an infraorder in the primate suborder Prosimii that comprises tarsiers and their extinct relatives.
- In some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii, Tarsioidea consists of tarsiers only, representing one distinct group of prosimian primates.
- According to other primate classification systems, the infraorder Tarsioidea in Prosimii, remains highly debatable.
- This grouping was formerly categorized as an infraorder of Prosimii under Tarsioidea due to close associations in a classification with their Lemur ancestors.
- An early taxonomy approach combined all non-simian primates in a classification to infraorder Tarsioidea and Lorisoidea of Prosimii