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Description: An illustration of the nose of various prosimian primates: A) Greater dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus major), labeled Chirogaleus major in the source B) Brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus), labeled Galago crassicaudatus in the source C) Prince Demidoff's bushbaby (Galago demidoff), labeled Hemigalago demidoffi in the source D) Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), labeled Chiromys in the source E) A tarsier, possibly the spectral tarsier (Tarsius tarsier), labeled Tarsius in the source A through D possess a rhinarium, whereas E does not.
Title: Prosimian noses
Credit: Pocock, R. I. (1918). "On the external characters of the lemurs and of Tarsius". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1918: 21. 
Author: Reginald Innes Pocock (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947)
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