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  • The molars acquire, more and more, a many-pointed, insectivorous character, and in one Genus, the Aye-Aye ( 'Cheiromys'), the canines disappear, and the teeth completely simulate those of a Rodent (Fig. 17).

    On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • LEMURINI, the Lemurs -- from which 'Cheiromys' should probably be excluded to form a sixth distinct family, the CHEIROMYINI; while the seventh, the GALEOPITHECINI, contains only the flying Lemur 'Galeopithecus', -- a strange form which almost touches on the Bats, as the 'Cheiromys' puts on a rodent clothing, and the Lemurs simulate Insectivora.

    On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • LEMURINI, the Lemurs -- from which 'Cheiromys' should probably be excluded to form a sixth distinct family, the CHEIROMYINI; while the seventh, the

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • The molars acquire, more and more, a many-pointed, insectivorous character, and in one Genus, the Aye-Aye ( 'Cheiromys'), the canines disappear, and the teeth completely simulate those of a Rodent (Figure 17).

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • ‘Galeopithecus’, — a strange form which almost touches on the Bats, as the ‘Cheiromys’ puts on a rodent clothing, and the Lemurs simulate Insectivora.

    Essays 2007

  • ARCTOPITHECINI, contains the Marmosets; the fifth, the LEMURINI, the Lemurs — from which ‘Cheiromys’ should probably be excluded to form a sixth distinct family, the CHEIROMYINI; while the seventh, the GALEOPITHECINI, contains only the flying Lemur

    Essays 2007

  • The molars acquire, more and more, a many-pointed, insectivorous character, and in one Genus, the Aye – Aye (‘Cheiromys’), the canines disappear, and the teeth completely simulate those of a

    Essays 2007

  • GALEOPITHECINI, contains only the flying Lemur 'Galeopithecus', -- a strange form which almost touches on the Bats, as the 'Cheiromys' puts on a rodent clothing, and the Lemurs simulate Insectivora.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • | "The Aye-Aye, or Cheiromys of Madagascar (_with a Plate_)" |

    Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. Adam White 1848

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