What is Lemuriformes?
{{taxobox | name = Lemuriformes | authority = [[William King Gregory|Gregory]], 1915 | image = Extant Strepsirrhini.jpg | image_width = 225px | image_caption = A sample of lemuriform diversity. <br/>from top, left to right: <br/>''[[Ring-tailed lemur|Lemur]]'', ''[[Sifaka|Propithecus]]'', ''[[Aye-aye|Daubentonia]]'', ''[[Ruffed lemur|Varecia]]'', ''[[Mouse lemur|Microcebus]]'', ''[[Slow loris|Nycticebus]]'', ''[[Slender loris|Loris]]'', ''[[Greater galago|Otolemur]]''. | subdivision_ranks = [[Taxonomic rank|Superfamilies]] | subdivision = [[Lemur]]oidea<br> [[Lorisoidea]] | regnum= [[Animalia]] | classis = [[Mammalia]] | ordo = [[Primates]] | subordo = [[Strepsirrhini]] | infraordo = Lemuriformes}} [[File:Greater Bush Baby.jpg|thumb|240px|A [[galago]]]] [[File:Loris lydekkerianus nordicus 003.jpg|thumb|240px|A [[loris]]]] '''Lemuriformes''' are an [[order (biology)|infraorder]] of [[Primates]]. It combines the [[lemur]]s of [[Madagascar]], with the [[galago]]s and [[lorises]] of [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]. The [[lorises]] and [[lemurs]] are a [[monophyletic]] [[clade]].<ref>Szalay F.S. & Delson E. 1980. ''Evolutionary history of the primates''. Academic Press. {{ISBN|978-0126801507}}</ref><ref>Cartmill M. 2010. Primate classification and diversity. In Platt M. & Ghazanfar A. ''Primate neuroethology''. Oxford University Press, pp. 10–30. {{ISBN|978-0-19-532659-8}}</ref><ref>Sussman R.W. 2003. ''Primate ecology and social structure''. Pearson Custom Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0-536-74363-3}}</ref> However, a popular alternative taxonomy puts the lorises in their own infraorder, the Lorisiformes.<ref name=Hartwig>Hartwig W. 2011. Chapter 3: Primate evolution. In Campbell C.J. ''et al'' (eds) ''Primates in perspective''. 2nd ed, Oxford University Press. pp. 19–31. {{ISBN|978-0-19-539043-8}}</ref> == Evolutionary history == Lemuriform origins are unclear and debated. The main problem is a lack of clear transitional fossils.<ref name=Rose>Rose K.D. 2006. ''The beginning of the age of mammals''. Johns Hopkins University Pr