- The word
lemures can be
traced to the Proto-Indo-European stem *lem-,
which also
appears in the name of the Gr****
monster Lamia.
Lemures may represent...
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Lemurs (/ˈliːmər/ LEE-mər; from
Latin lemures lit. 'ghosts' or 'spirits') are wet-nosed
primates of the
superfamily Lemuroidea (/lɛmjʊˈrɔɪdiə/ lem-yuurr-OY-dee-ə)...
- been
known as "lemurs" ever since. The name
derives from the
Latin term
lemures,
which refers to
specters or
ghosts that were
exorcised during the Lemuria...
- Legend,
three individual Lemures named Dark Moon,
Lemures, and
Nightmare appear as
subordinates of the
Amazon Trio.
These three Lemures are also made members...
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Australian marsupial Lemures,
wandering and
vengeful spirits of the dead in
Roman mythology LMTK2 (
lemur tyrosine kinase 2), a
human gene
Lemur (input device)...
-
first appearance of
lemures in Horace,
Epistles ii.2.209.
Modern linguists dismiss this
connection but find the
etymology of
lemures obscure. Ovid, Fasti...
- They are
known also as the
rufous mouse lemur,
eastern rufous mouse lemur, red
mouse lemur, or
russet mouse lemur. Its
dorsal side is
brown or reddish-brown...
-
ruffed lemurs of the
genus Varecia are
strepsirrhine primates and are the
largest extant lemurs within the
family Lemuridae. Like all
living lemurs, they...
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Subfossil lemurs are
lemurs from
Madagascar that are
represented by
recent (subfossil)
remains dating from
nearly 26,000 years ago to
approximately 560 years...
- The
black lemur (Eulemur macaco) is a
species of
lemur from the
family Lemuridae. Like all
lemurs, it is
endemic to Madagascar. Originally, the species...
