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Cantius frugivorus

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Cantius frugivorus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: †Notharctidae
Genus: †Cantius
Species:
†C. frugivorus
Binomial name
†Cantius frugivorus
Cope, 1875

Cantius frugivorus is a species of adapiform primate that lived in North America during the early Eocene.

Morphology

This species had a dental formula of 2:1:4:32:1:4:3. The incisors are small and vertical in Cantius frugivorus, and the canines are prominent. The mandibular symphysis is unfused and this was most likely a diurnal species. Cantius frugivorus had an average body mass of around 2.8 kilograms.

Diet

Based on the dental morphology of Cantius frugivorus, it most likely had a frugivorous diet.

Locomotion

The limb bones of Cantius frugivorus suggest it moved by arboreal quadrupedalism and leaping.

References

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