The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEMUR which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Ring-tailed primate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEMUR | 100 % | 5 |
Why may LEMUR be the right solution?
The ring-tailed primate is a type of animal commonly known as a lemur. Lemurs are a specific group of primates found in Madagascar, known for their distinctive ringed tails.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ring-tailed primate
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Crossword Answer definitions
LEMUR 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.
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