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Japanese: Prosimii

…A general term for mammals belonging to the suborder Prosimii of the order Primates. Extant Prosimians consist of six families: Tupaiidae, Tarsiidae, Lorisidae, Lemuridae, Indriidae, and Daubentoniidae, with 21 genera and 46 known species.

From [Primates]

...the order Primates are thought to have evolved from animals similar to the insectivores and radiated adaptively through arboreal life. The order Primates is divided into two suborders, the Prosimii and the Anthropoidea, of which the Prosimii is further divided into four infraorders, the Tupaiiformes, the Tarsiiformes, the Lorisiformes, and the Lemuriformes, while the Anthropoidea is divided into three superfamilies, the Ceboidea, the Cercopithecoidea, and the Hominoidea. At the family level, the prosimians are divided into six families: Tupaiidae, Tarsiidae, Lorisidae, Daubentoniidae, Lemuridae, and Indriidae, while the true monkeys are divided into five families: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Cercopithecidae, Pongidae, and Hominidae.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Prosimii" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…霊長目原猿亜目Prosimiiに属する哺乳類の総称。現生の原猿類は，ツパイTupaiidae，メガネザルTarsiidae，ロリスLorisidae，キツネザルLemuridae，インドリIndriidae，アイアイDaubentoniidaeの6科からなり，21属46種が知られている。…

【霊長類】より

…食虫目に類似の動物から分化し，樹上生活を通じて適応放散した一群と考えられている。　霊長目は，原猿亜目Prosimiiと真猿亜目Anthropoideaの2亜目に分けられ，前者はさらにキネズミ下目Tupaiiformes，メガネザル下目Tarsiiformes，ロリス下目Lorisiformes，キツネザル下目Lemuriformesの4下目に，また後者はオマキザル上科Ceboidea，オナガザル上科Cercopithecoidea，ヒト上科Hominoideaの3上科に分けられる。　科のレベルで見ると，原猿はツパイ科(キネズミ科)Tupaiidae，メガネザル科Tarsiidae，ロリス科Lorisidae，アイアイ科Daubentoniidae，キツネザル科Lemuridae，インドリ科Indriidaeの6科に，また真猿はキヌザル科Callitrichidae，オマキザル科Cebidae，オナガザル科Cercopithecidae，ショウジョウ科Pongidae，ヒト科Hominidaeの5科に分けられる。…

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