Lemur

Lemurs (i/ˈlmər/ LEE-mər) are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar. The word "lemur" derives from the word lemures (ghosts or spirits) from Roman mythology and was first used to describe a slender loris due to its nocturnal habits and slow pace, but was later applied to the primates on Madagascar. Lemurs are ancestral primates, the anthropoid primates (monkeys, apes, and humans) evolved from them; they share morphological and behavioral traits with basal primates. Lemurs arrived in Madagascar around 62 to 65 million years ago by rafting on mats of vegetation at a time when ocean currents favored oceanic dispersal to the island. Since that time, lemurs have evolved to cope with an extremely seasonal environment and their adaptations give them a level of diversity that rivals that of all other primate groups. Until shortly after humans arrived on the island around 2,000 years ago, there were lemurs as large as a male gorilla. Today, there are nearly 100 species of lemurs, and most of those species have been discovered or promoted to full species status since the 1990s; however, lemur taxonomic classification is controversial and depends on which species concept is used. Even the higher-level taxonomy is disputed, with some experts preferring to place most lemurs within the infraorder Lemuriformes, while others prefer Lemuriformes to contain all living strepsirrhines, placing all lemurs in superfamily Lemuroidea and all lorises and galagos in superfamily Lorisoidea.

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MADAGASCAR-ANDASIBE-MANTADIA NATIONAL PARK-LEMURS

Beijing News 08 Apr 2025
(250408) -- ANTANANARIVO, April 8, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A bamboo lemur is seen at the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in ...
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Lemurs seen at Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar

Xinhua 08 Apr 2025
A bamboo lemur is seen at the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar, March 29, 2025. Madagascar, an Indian Ocean island country, boasts unique biodiversity due to its geographical isolation, with lemurs standing out as the most iconic group.
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Lemur love: Twin endangered, ring-tailed lemurs born at Naples Zoo, when can you see them

Naples Daily News 04 Apr 2025
The parents, PJ and Julien, were matched through a Species Survival Plan to help ensure a healthy population.The Naples Zoo will host a gender reveal for the lemur twins the following week ... Naples Zoo lemur family settling in with new twins.
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David Traylor Zoo Welcomes New Ring-Tailed Lemur Baby

Emporia Gazette 04 Apr 2025
The David Traylor Zoo is thrilled to announce the birth of a ring-tailed lemur on March 24, 2025! The newest addition to the zoo was born to proud parents Nova and Oscar, marking an exciting milestone for the zoo’s lemur ... .
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Baby lemurs sing like children, Warwick university study shows

BBC News 03 Apr 2025
Young Madagascan lemurs that sing, display similar characteristics and development patterns to young children, research has revealed. A study by The University of Warwick found that young lemurs tend ...
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Off-key beginnings: Baby lemurs sing out of tune, just like human children, finds University of Warwick research (The University of Warwick)

Public Technologies 03 Apr 2025
Chiara De Gregorio from The University of Warwick has found that Madagascar's singing lemurs, the indris (indri indri), sing out of tune in infancy and improve as adults, just like a human child learning to control their voice.
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3 baby lemurs born at Antalya Natural Life Park in Türkiye

Daily Sabah 24 Mar 2025
Three lemur babies have joined the family at Antalya Natural Life Park in southern Türkiye, increasing the total lemur population to 13. Veterinarian Oğulcan Demir noted that the ....
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