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Ring-tailed Lemurs
Lemur
The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur due to its long, black and white ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the Lemur genus. Like all lemurs it is endemic to the island of Madagascar. Known locally in Malagasy as maky ( ( listen), spelled maki in French) or hira, it inhabits gallery forests to spiny scrub in the southern...
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.262
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.297
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.265
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.258
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.252
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.248
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
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Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
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Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
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Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.301
Jean Baptiste Audebert — Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis (1800)
Jean Baptiste Audebert · 1800 · p.271
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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 43616.