Strepsirrhini is a suborder of primates that includes lemurs from Madagascar, bushbabies and pottos from Africa, and lorises from India and southeast Asia. Also included are the extinct adapiform primates, a diverse and widespread group that thrived during the Eocene in Europe, North America, and Asia, but disappeared from most of the Northern Hemisphere as the climate cooled. Characterized by their wet nose or rhinarium, strepsirrhines have diversified to fill many ecological niches. They have a smaller brain than comparably sized simians, large olfactory lobes for smell, and a vomeronasal organ to detect pheromones. Their eyes contain a reflective layer to improve their night vision. Lemurs have a toothcomb, a specialized set of teeth in the lower front part of the mouth, mostly used for combing fur during grooming. Strepsirrhines are primarily tree-dwelling, feeding on fruit, leaves, and insects. Many are endangered by habitat destruction, poaching for bushmeat, and live capture for the exotic pet trade.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1860:

South Carolina became the first of eleven slave states to secede from the United States, leading to the eventual creation of the Confederate States of America and later the American Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America

1951:

Experimental Breeder Reactor I near Arco, Idaho, US, became the world's first electricity-generating nuclear power plant when it produced sufficient electricity to illuminate four 200-watt light bulbs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I

1971:

Two groups of French doctors involved in humanitarian aid merged to form Doctors Without Borders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res

1988:

The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances governing international cooperation against the illegal drug trade was signed in Vienna. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Illicit_Traffic_in_Narcotic_Drugs_and_Psychotropic_Substances

1999:

Portugal transferred sovereignty of Macau, which it had administered since the mid-16th century, to China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

tettix: A cicada, especially one in Greece. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tettix

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

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