The scientific term is " rhinarium " ( just wrote this stub ), but it's not used conversationally.
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In an analogous connection of no relevance to vertebrate morphology, the term rhinarium sometimes is applied to chemosensory structures in invertebrates.
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Together with a glandular rhinarium and slit-like nostrils, it is believed to constitute the primitive condition for mammals in general.
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However, since then the tarsiers have been placed in with the Haplorhini, and thus the absence of a rhinarium became diagnostic of the Haplorhini.
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:This page has some good info on the rhinarium, and says that they can sense hair movements ( also has some cool photos ).
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Omomyids further demonstrate a gap between the upper central incisors, which presumably indicates the presence of a rhinarium and philtrum to channel fluids into the vomeronasal organ.
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:: The wiskers are good, the drawing ( at least to me ) seem to indicate the hairline of the fur stop right at the rhinarium.
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Another shared characteristic with the other strepsirrhine primates is the rhinarium, a moist, naked, glandular nose supported by the upper jaw and protruding beyond the chin.
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Primates are phylogenetically divided into Strepsirrhini, species that possess a curly wet nose rhinarium, and Haplorhini, those that possess a dry simple nose structure.
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Adapiforms exhibit the gap between the upper incisors, which indicates the presence of a VNO, but there is some disagreement over whether or not they possessed a rhinarium.
