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Typical Lemurs
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Typical Lemurs

Lemuridae

Lemuridae is a family of strepsirrhine primates native to Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands. They are represented by the Lemuriformes in Madagascar with one of the highest concentration of the lemurs. One of five families commonly known as lemurs. These animals were once thought to be the evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes, but this is no longer considered correct.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 21 known species

Ring-tailed Lemurs

genusLemur

Brown Lemurs

genusEulemur

Ruffed Lemurs

genusVarecia

Bamboo Lemurs

genusHapalemur

Greater Bamboo Lemurs

genusProlemur

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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 43607.