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Definitions of lemur in various dictionaries:
noun - large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
Any of several small arboreal, mostly nocturnal primates chiefly of the family Lemuridae of Madagascar and adj acent islands, having large eyes, a long slim muzzle, and a long tail.
noun - an arboreal mammal related to the monkeys
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| The name of this primate confined to Madagascar & the Comoros is from the Latin for "nocturnal spirits" |
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| Any of several small arboreal, mostly nocturnal primates chiefly of the family Lemuridae of Madagascar and adjacent islands, having large eyes, a long slim muzzle, and a long tail. |
| an arboreal primate with a pointed snout and typically a long tail, found only in Madagascar. |
| large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails |
| a small animal from Madagascar, similar to a monkey with thick fur and a long tail, that lives in trees and is active at night |
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| Lemurs ( ( listen) LEE-mr) 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 regard, lemurs are often confused with ancestral primates, when in actuality, lemurs did not give rise to monkeys and apes, but evolved independently.Due to Madagascar's highly seasonal climate, lemur evolution has produced a level of species diversity rivaling that of any other primate group. Until shortly after humans arrived on the island around 2,000 years ago, there were lemurs as large as a male gorilla. Today, there are nearly 100 species of lemurs, and most of those species have been discovered or promoted to fu |
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