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Bookmark or Share- Ring-Tailed Lemur - National Geographic KidsType: Mammals. Diet: Herbivore. Group Name: Troop. Average Life Span In The Wild: Up to 18 years. Size: Head and body: 17.75 inches; tail: 21.75 inches. Weight: 5 to 7.5 pounds. In a troop, or...
- Lemur - WikipediaLemurs ( / ˈliːmər / ⓘ LEE-mər) (from Latin lemures – "ghosts" or "spirits") are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea ( / lɛmjʊˈrɔɪdiə / ), [4] divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species. They are endemic to the island of Madagascar.
- Lemur | San Diego Zoo Animals & PlantsFound in only one area on Earth—Madagascar and the nearby Comoro Islands—lemurs are considered the world’s most endangered group of mammals. Today there are over 100 lemur species. Their lemur-like primate ancestor is thought to have rafted over to Madagascar from Africa about 60 million years ago.
- Lemur - Key Facts, Information & Habitat - Animal CornerImage Source. Rainforest Lemur. The Lemur or Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur Catta) is a large prosimian (representing forms that were ancestral to monkeys, apes and humans), belonging to the family Lemuridae’. Like all other lemurs, it is found only on the island of Madagascar and the Comoros Islands off of the East Coast of Africa.
- Meet the Lemurs - Duke Lemur CenterThe Duke Lemur Center houses over 200 lemurs and bushbabies across 13 species – the most diverse population of lemurs on Earth, outside their native Madagascar. Lemurs are the most threatened group of mammals on the planet, and 95% of lemur species are at risk of extinction.
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