A complete Mixodectes pungens skeleton reveals it was a leaf-eating, tree-dwelling mammal closely related to primates and ...

Its molar teeth could break down tough material ... a group of mammals consisting of primates, treeshrews, and colugos. One analysis implied that they were archaic primates, while the other ...

The animal’s molar teeth featured crests that helped break ... reveals that Mixodectes was closely related to primates and ...

It is a Malayan colugo (Cynocephalus variegates). Although colugos aren’t lemurs, they are closely related to primates. They also look a bit like lemurs with their large eyes, which help them to ...

Colugos eat saps, leaves and shoots. They have comb-shaped teeth, which some scientists believe may act as food strainers or scrapers, or maybe used for grooming to remove parasites from their fur.