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 | | A basic scheme that has been widely followed is Simpson's (1945) division of the Primates into two suborders: Prosimii, for the families Tupaiidae, Lemuridae, Indriidae, Daubentoniidae, Lorisidae, and Tarsiidae; and Anthropoidea, for the families Cebidae, Callitrichidae, Cercopithecidae, Pongidae, and Hominidae. |
 | | The living Strepsirhini are sometimes divided into two infraorders: the Lemuriformes, for the Lemuridae, Indriidae, and Daubentoniidae; and the Lorisiformes, for the Lorisidae. |
 | | Studies of the postcranial skeleton of Daubentonia (the sole genus of Daubentoniidae) indicated to Oxnard (1981) that this genus is more different from any primate than is any primate from any other and that its referral to the Lemuriformes is questionable. |
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