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=== Primates === Humans like [[Haplorhini|haplorhine primates]] lack a tapetum lucidum as they are [[Diurnality|diurnal]].<ref name="Ollivier+2004">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ollivier FJ, Samuelson DA, Brooks DE, Lewis PA, Kallberg ME, Komáromy AM |title=Comparative morphology of the tapetum lucidum (among selected species) |journal=Veterinary Ophthalmology |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=11–22 |year=2004 |pmid=14738502 |doi=10.1111/j.1463-5224.2004.00318.x }}</ref> [[Strepsirrhini|Strepsirrhine]] primates are mostly nocturnal and, with the exception of several diurnal ''[[Eulemur]]'' species, have a tapetum lucidum of riboflavin crystals.<ref name="Ankel-Simons2007">{{cite book | last = Ankel-Simons | first = Friderun | title= Primate Anatomy | edition = 3rd | publisher = Academic Press | year = 2007 |isbn= 978-0-12-372576-9 | page = 375}}</ref>
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