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Is a Francois Langurs a prosimian?

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Is a Francois Langurs a prosimian?

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  1. prosimian

    In zoology, any animal belonging to the suborder Strepsirhin of primates. Prosimians are characterized by a wet nose with slitlike nostrils, the tip of the nose having a prominent vertical groove. Examples are lemurs, pottos, tarsiers, and the aye-aye.

    http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/prosimian

    "SUBORDER STREPSIRHINI

    LEMURS, AYE AYE, BUSH BABIES OR GALAGOS, LORISES

    Strepsirhines are a diverse group of small animals adapted to specialised ecological niches in Africa, Madagscar and Asia. Their name means twist-nose. These woolly coated mammals have pointed snouts with moist noses, prominent whiskers and a divided upper lip tied to the gums by a membrane. The naked moist area of skin on the snout (the rhinarium) is linked to their sense of smell. They have monkey-like hands. The woolly fur acts as insulation and serves to dispense the scent which plays an important role in the social and territorial behaviour of these mammals. Strepsirhines have special grooming tools to keep their woolly coats in good condition: a spatulate fur-grooming claw on the second digit of the foot and projecting tooth combs. Mainly nocturnal creatures, strepsirhines possess a light reflecting disc in the eye – the tapetum lucidum - to aid night vision. Strepsirhines are distinguished from haplorhines by a number of physiological and morphological features of the inner ear, blood circulation and digestion. Strepsirhines have a simple placenta and the embryos have many membranes between them and their mother’s blood. "

    http://www.nhc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?page=4...

    While I can't find a quote that says so, best evidence

    http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:98050 is that they are

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