- Most
existing lemurs are small, have a
pointed snout,
large eyes, and a long tail. They
chiefly live in
trees and are
active at night.
Lemurs share resemblance...
- true
lemurs (Eulemur) and the
other two genera:
Lemur and Hapalemur. The ring-tailed
lemur is
thought to
share closer affinities to the
bamboo lemurs of...
- ghost-like appearance,
reflective eyes, and
ghostly cries of
lemurs. In Goethe's Faust, a
chorus of
Lemurs who
serve Mephistopheles dig Faustus' grave. In the...
- The
brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) is a
small primate, and like the
other mouse lemurs can only be
found on the
island of Madagascar. They are known...
-
ruffed lemurs of the
genus Varecia are
strepsirrhine primates and are the
largest extant lemurs within the
family Lemuridae. Like all
living lemurs, they...
- rates. For many years,
pygmy mouse lemurs were not
considered to be a
different species when
compared to
other mouse lemurs. However,
recently there have been...
-
Sanford lemur also have
characteristic white ruffs around their ears and ch****s that are
absent from the
crowned lemurs. The
crowned lemurs of Ankarana...
- The
bamboo lemurs or
gentle lemurs are the
lemurs in
genus Hapalemur.
These medium-sized
primates live
exclusively on Madagascar.
Bamboo lemurs were first...
- 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...
- ring-tailed
lemur Lemurs of
Madagascar (book), a
field guide published by
Conservation International that
summarizes what is
known about all
lemur species...
