Adapid
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Adapids
| fossil_range = Eocene
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Mammalia
| ordo = Primates
| subordo = Strepsirrhini
| familia = Adapidae
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
Adapis
Adapoides
Leptadapis
others
}}
The adapids, members of the extinct family Adapidae, are prosimian primates that lived during the Eocene epoch. Adapids are believed to have been generally lemur-like, and are considered by many to be the probable ancestors of modern lemurs and lorises.
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