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Lemurs (/ˈliːmər/ LEE-mər) (from
Latin lemures – "ghosts" or "spirits") are wet-nosed
primates of the
superfamily Lemuroidea (/lɛmjʊˈrɔɪdiə/), divided...
- The
diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema), or
diademed simpona, is an
endangered species of sifaka, one of the
lemurs endemic to
certain rainforests in...
- A
sifaka (/sɪˈfɑːkə/;
Malagasy pronunciation: [ˈsifakə̥] ) is a
lemur of the
genus Propithecus from the
family Indriidae within the
order Primates. The...
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Malagasy name.[citation needed]
Along with the
diademed sifaka, the
indri is the
largest lemur still in existence; both have
average weights of about...
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Lemurs,
primates belonging to the
suborder Strepsirrhini which branched off from
other primates less than 63
million years ago,
evolved on the
island of...
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ruffed lemurs of the
genus Varecia are
strepsirrhine primates and are the
largest extant lemurs within the
family Lemuridae. Like all
living lemurs, they...
- baby
lemurs being born
around August to September.
Other lemur species that live in the same
rainforests as
eastern woolly lemur are the
diademed sifaka...
- (Propithecus edwardsi), or Milne-Edwards's simpona, is a
large arboreal,
diurnal lemur endemic to the
eastern coastal rainforest of Madagascar. Milne-Edwards's...
- of mammals. They are
divided into the strepsirrhines,
which include the
lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines,
which include the tarsiers...
- than the
extant forms,
including the
largest living lemurs, the
indri (Indri indri) and
diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema),
which weigh up to 9.5 kg...
