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Lemurs
Lemuroidea
Lemurs (/ˈliːmər/ ( listen) 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. As with other strepsirrhine primates, such as lorises, pottos, and galagos (bush babies), lemurs share resemblance with basal primates. In this...
5 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first · about 65 known species
Typical Lemurs
familyLemuridae
Indris, Sifakas, and Woolly Lemurs
familyIndriidae
Sportive Lemurs
familyLepilemuridae
Koala Lemurs
familyMegaladapidae
Sloth Lemurs
familyPalaeopropithecidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 467897.