| Adapis Temporal range: Early - Late Eocene |
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| Adapis magnus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Adapidae |
| Genus: | Adapis Cuvier 1822 |
Adapis is an extinct genus of Adapidae primate belonging to the Adapinae subfamily[1] The genus was named by Cuvier in 1822 and contains up to three species.[2] True primates. Their nasal bone shows that they were wet nosed.