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ADAPIS
(a-dap-is)
Adapis
Named By: Georges Cuvier in 1822
Time Period: Early - Late Eocene
Location: Europe
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Several specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Primates | Strepsirrhini | Adapidae |
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Adapis is an extinct genus of Adapidae primate belonging to the subfamily Adapinae The genus was named by Cuvier in 1822 and contains up to three species. Males were larger than females.

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