| rdfs:comment | - Harvey Cutter once captured a dozen Notharctus specimens in Eocene North America, to start a breeding colony at the San Diego Cenozoic Zoo.
- The body form of Notharctus is similar to that of modern lemurs. Unlike lemurs, however, Notharctus had a shorter face and forward-facing eyes surrounded by an enclosed circle of bone. Its fingers were elongated for clamping onto branches, including the development of a thumb. Its spine is flexible, like the living lemurs, and the animal was about 40 centimetres (16 in) in length, excluding the long tail.[2] It probably ate fruits and insects. There were at least five different Notharctus species. Fossils from at least seven other potential species have also been discovered.
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| abstract | - The body form of Notharctus is similar to that of modern lemurs. Unlike lemurs, however, Notharctus had a shorter face and forward-facing eyes surrounded by an enclosed circle of bone. Its fingers were elongated for clamping onto branches, including the development of a thumb. Its spine is flexible, like the living lemurs, and the animal was about 40 centimetres (16 in) in length, excluding the long tail.[2] It probably ate fruits and insects. The lineage that includes Notharctus, the Adapiformes, is extinct; the last representative, Sivaladapis (Sivaladapidae), died out during the late Miocene. There were at least five different Notharctus species. Fossils from at least seven other potential species have also been discovered.
- Harvey Cutter once captured a dozen Notharctus specimens in Eocene North America, to start a breeding colony at the San Diego Cenozoic Zoo.
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