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''Adapoides'' is a genus of adapiform
primate Primates is an order (biology), order of mammals, which is further divided into the Strepsirrhini, strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and Lorisidae, lorisids; and the Haplorhini, haplorhines, which include Tarsiiformes, tarsiers a ...
dating to the
Middle Eocene The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''Ēṓs'', ' Dawn') a ...
in Asia. It is represented by one species, ''Adapoides troglodytes''.


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Eocene mammals of Asia Adapidae Eocene primates Monotypic prehistoric primate genera Fossil taxa described in 1994 {{paleo-primate-stub