The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LEMURS , but the solution may also be TARSIERS which is one of the most recent solution (1991 in New York Times).
Nocturnal primates crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEMURS | 50 % | 6 |
| TARSIERS | 50 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nocturnal primates
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- loris
- tarsier
- prosimian
- bushbaby
- lemur
- potto
- family lorisidae
- lorisidae
- aotus
- aye-aye
- douroucouli
- galago
Crossword Answer definitions
LEMURS noun- Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
- Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
- A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result LEMURS
- Madagascar primates
- Madagascar mammals
- Monkeylike animals
- Large-eyed Madagascar mammals
- Madagascar animals
- Nocturnal monkey-like animals.
- Cousins of the monkey.
- Madagascar monkeys.
- Nocturnal primates
- Primates with tails