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The rhinarium (Neo-Latin, "belonging to the nose"; pl.: rhinaria) [1] is the furless skin surface surrounding the external openings of the nostrils in many mammals.Commonly it is referred to as the tip of the snout, and breeders of cats and dogs sometimes use the term nose leather.
Strepsirrhini or Strepsirhini (/ ˌ s t r ɛ p s ə ˈ r aɪ n i / ⓘ; STREP-sə-RY-nee) is a suborder of primates that includes the lemuriform primates, which consist of the lemurs of Madagascar, galagos ("bushbabies") and pottos from Africa, and the lorises from India and southeast Asia.
Unlike the slender lorises, however, the white stripe that separates the eye rings broadens both on the tip of the nose and on the forehead while also fading out on the forehead. [82] Like other strepsirrhine primates, the nose and lip are covered by a moist skin called the rhinarium ("wet nose"), which is a sense organ. [83]
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It measures 27 to 38 cm (11 to 15 in) from head to tail and weighs between 599 and 685 g (21.1 and 24.2 oz). Like other slow lorises, it has a wet nose , a round head, small ears hidden in thick fur, a flat face, large eyes and a vestigial tail. The Sunda slow loris is nocturnal and arboreal, typically occurring in evergreen forests.
Rhinorrhea (American English), also spelled rhinorrhoea or rhinorrhœa (British English), or informally runny nose is the free discharge of a thin mucus fluid from the nose; [1] it is an extremely common condition. [2] It is a common symptom of allergies or certain viral infections, such as the common cold or COVID-19.
Haplorhini (/ h æ p l ə ˈ r aɪ n aɪ /), the haplorhines (Greek for "simple-nosed") or the "dry-nosed" primates is a suborder of primates containing the tarsiers and the simians (Simiiformes or anthropoids), as sister of the Strepsirrhini ("moist-nosed").
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