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	Peters' Mouse Lemur - Biocrawler
		Peters' Mouse Lemur (Microcebus myoxinus), also known as the Pygmy Mouse Lemur, is the smallest of the mouse lemurs and the smallest primate in the world, only weighing around 30 grams (roughly 1 ounce).
		Its small size and nocturnal nature made it difficult to locate for over a century, and was rediscovered in the Kirindy forest in western Madagascar in 1993.
		They rest during the day, and have a tendency to sleep in the open, which increases the risk of predation; although this danger is somewhat mitigated by sleeping alone.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Peters'_Mouse_Lemur (159 words)

	New lemur species discovered in Madagascar
		Biologists have discovered two new species of lemur, endangered primates that are ancestral to monkeys and apes, and that exist now only on the island.
		The first discovery was made when scientists analysed morphological, genetic and behavioural data from distinct populations of what they thought was the giant mouse lemur.
		The second new species (pictured) is a mouse lemur, identified by morphological and genetic analyses by Robert Zingg of Zoo Zürich in Switzerland.
	www.primates.com /lemurs/new-species.html (270 words)

	Thoughts from Kansas: New Lemurs!
		The first new lemur was discovered when scientists analyzed and compared morphological, genetic and behavior data from distinct populations of the giant mouse lemur, Mirza coquereli.
		The genetic analyses to determine the taxonomic status of the two Mirza populations unexpectedly revealed the existence of a new species of mouse lemur, Microcebus lehilahytsara.
		Genetic analyses also revealed that this new mouse lemur from Andasibe, a popular tourist site in the eastern rainforest, diverged more than 2 million years ago from other mouse lemur populations in the region.
	jgrr.blogspot.com /2005/08/new-lemurs.html (543 words)

	Madagascar Wildlife Conservation
		Lemurs are part of the primates and belong to the prosimians because they show some primitive traits compared to further evolved primates such as monkeys, apes and humans.
		Other lemurs such as the Ringtailed Lemur (Lemur catta) in Berenty or Bemaraha, the Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata vaiegata) in Manombo or the Alaotran Gentle Lemur (Hapalemur griseus alaotensis) at Lake Alaotra serve as umbrella species in their respective regions and natural habitats.
		Physical Traits: Goodman's Mouse Lemur is barely bigger than a mouse (it is one of the smaller Mouse lemurs), has a white stripe on its nose, maroon and orange fur, turning creaming-white on the ventral side, with short, rounded ears.
	www.mwc-info.net /en/information/faunaandflora/lemurs.htm (1158 words)

	Northern Giant Mouse Lemur Information
		The Northern Giant Mouse Lemur (Mirza zaza) was discovered to be a species in 2005 by Kappeler et al.
		Before, both populations of giant mouse lemurs were believed to belong to one species.
		The Northern Giant Mouse Lemurs are small nocturnal lemurs endemic to Madagascar.
	www.bookrags.com /Northern_Giant_Mouse_Lemur (153 words)

	BioMed Central \| Full text \| Incongruence between genetic and morphological diversity in Microcebus griseorufusof Beza ...
		However, vision in mouse lemurs is dominated by rods (photoreceptor cells with high sensitivity to very low levels of illumination, and with a pigment showing maximum sensitivity to light in the green part of the spectrum) and is thus largely scotopic.
		Groves CP, The genus Cheirogaleus: Unrecognized biodiversity in dwarf lemurs.
		Mittermeier RA, Tattersall I, Konstant WR, Meyers DM, Mast RB: Lemurs of Madagascar.
	www.biomedcentral.com /1471-2148/6/98 (5944 words)

	Coquerel's mouse lemur - Mirza coquereli: More Information - ARKive
		The Coquerel's mouse lemur is a relatively small primate from Madagascar, with a body size of only 20 - 25 cm (2).
		Coquerel's mouse lemur is nocturnal, and active all year round.
		This species is predated on by nocturnal raptors such as owls, which may take up to 30% of the Coquerel's mouse lemur's population in a year (4).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Mirza_coquereli/more_info.html (996 words)

	Two tiny lemur species discovered in Madagascar
		Lemurs in the wild are found only in Madagascar, one of the most important conservation hotspots on Earth.
		Lemurs have an interesting evolutionary history and the only reason they still exist today is because of Madagascar's isolation.
		Also, with this name the new lemur is dedicated to Madagascar's children, to remind them of their responsibility for preserving the island's unique biodiversity for future generations.
	news.mongabay.com /2005/0809-wildmadagascar.html (1382 words)

	Lemurs - Mgias
		Lemurs are primitive primates that became extinct in the rest of the world some 30 million years ago and survive only in Madagascar.
		All the sub-fossil giant lemurs are diurnal and folivorous except for the Daubentoniidae family or extinct nocturnal aye-aye.
		Lemurs we see in Madagascar today are smaller than the extinct ones, and range from 25 grams to up to 8 kilograms, while the extinct lemurs ranged from 10 to over 100 kilograms.
	mgias.com /index.php/Lemurs (1334 words)

	Lemur Photos
		Lemurs belong to the sub-order Strepsirhini together with bushbabies, lorises, and pottos which -- like the original lemurs -- are nocturnal, insectivorous primates characterized by a small body, a long nose, and large eyes.
		Currently all lemurs are endangered species, due mainly to habitat destruction (deforestation) and hunting.
		Lemurs are found naturally only on the island of Madagascar, and some smaller surrounding islands, including the Comoros (where it is likely they were introduced by humans).
	travel.mongabay.com /lemur_photos.htm (876 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Giant Mouse-lemur
		The Giant Mouse-lemur (Mirza coquereli), also known as the Coquerel's Mouse-lemur, is a small lemur native to the western deciduous forests of Madagascar, usually located near the coast or other sources of water.
		The Giant Mouse-lemur is nocturnal, and they are active throughout the year; unlike other mouse-lemurs they do not hibernate, and instead they feed on homopteran larvae to sustain themselves.
		The Giant Mouse-lemur is heavily preyed upon by owls, as well as the Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus).
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Giant_Mouse-lemur (391 words)

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		Lemurs are considered the most endangered of all primates and live only on Madagascar which has evolved in isolation for 165 million years.
		Until now, scientists believed only one type of giant mouse lemur existed, split into two populations in the west and the north of the island.
		The second newly discovered species is a type of mouse lemur, of which nine species are now known.
	www.onescience.com /UserArticleDisplay.asp?ArticleID=3069 (409 words)

	Science Buzz \| Dig deeper into science headlines
		Lemurs can only be found on the island of Madagascar, and due to the rapid loss of environment on the island are an animal that is considered endangered.
		Lemurs have evolved in isolation on Madagascar, as have many other species, since the island separated from the rest of Africa some 165 million years ago.
		The new species are a giant mouse lemur about the size of a squirrel called Mirza zaza and a mouse lemur with short, rounded ears, and a white stripe on its nose called Microcebus lehilahytsara.
	ltc.smm.org /buzz/comment/reply/267 (250 words)

	Audubon: For the Love of Lemurs
		This lemur is being studied from head to toe, with Wright and her students focusing on its social behavior and genetics, and on the development of dominant behavior.
		Just trying to keep track of who was currently with whom, coupled with the fact that the lemurs all had names that corresponded to the colors on their collars, was confusing, to say the least.
		Even though most lemurs spend their time in trees, it was fairly common to stumble across, almost literally, these bamboo lemurs feeding on the ground.
	magazine.audubon.org /features0009/lemurs.html (2040 words)

	Lemur Conservation Foundation, Science
		Lemurs also turn out, as expected, to have a tendency to explore their environments with their noses-to choose ripe fruit, for example, by smell rather than by appearance.
		Lemurs, in fact, turn out to be as diverse as or even more so than the higher primates in most aspects of their behavior and ecology.
		The ancestral lineages of the extinct lemurs obviously survived these earlier vicissitudes, and there is no reason to believe that on their own the most recent (rather mild) round of climate changes should have had a fatal effect on several lineages simultaneously.
	www.lemurreserve.org /amsci1.html (4243 words)

	Gray Mouse Lemur :: Gray Mouse Lemur - Socially, mouse lemurs forage by themselves but they like to sleep in groups. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The mouse Microcebus murinus Moscow Zoo Maki trpasli- Microcebus murinus Dierentuin.
		The mouse lemur can grow to five to six inches in length, with their tails about the same size and can weigh anywhere between 30 and 90 grams.
		Mouse Lemur The mouse lemur is the smallest species of its kind in the world and is about the size of chipmunk.
	www.tomscustomcycles.com /Gray-Mouse-Lemur.html (656 words)

	Conservation International - Explore Madagascar - Learn More About Madagascar
		Lemurs, giant centipedes, and miniature chameleons inhabit Madagascar’s landscape, which include tropical rain forests, spiny deserts, mountainous areas and dry deciduous forests.
		And since lemurs are so well known, they could serve as unofficial ambassadors to represent Madagascar’s biodiversity as well as its conservation plight.
		These mostly tree-dwelling creatures vary from the smallest primate in the world, Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur (Microcebus berthae) discovered in 1992, to the indri (Indri indri), which sings a heart-rending chorus in the rain forest.
	www.conservation.org /xp/madagascar/learnmore (583 words)

	Homepage of Vladimir Dinets - Madagascar Part 3 of 12
		Watching some lemurs makes you suspect that the sole purpose of their evolution was to achieve perfection in cuteness.
		Mouse lemurs are omnivores, eating everything from fruit and nectar to insects and small frogs.
		Larger dwarf lemurs (Mirza) are active all year, but smaller Microcebus species are noticeably more difficult to find in cold nights and at the height of dry season, when they live off the fat reserves in their tails.
	dinets.travel.ru /madagascar3.htm (699 words)

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		Wild lemurs, which are found only in Madagascar, are the last living connection to ancient primates with a common link to the lineage that evolved into humans.
		Traditionally, only one species of giant mouse lemur has been recognised but the team found the populations of M. coquereli in the west and the north of Madagascar were distinct.
		The lemurs, which were discovered by scientists at the German Primate Centre and the University of Göttingen, are described in the current issue of the journal Primate Report.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/10/wlemur10.xml&site=5 (529 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The most well known of the prosimians, the lemurs, are located on the island of Madagascar and to a lesser extent on the Comoros Islands, isolated from the rest of the world.
		Recent molecular genetic research on primates, flying lemurs, and treeshrews has shown that the two species of flying lemur (Dermoptera) are more closely related to the primates than the treeshrews of the order Scandentia, even though the treeshrews were at one time considered primates.
		The seven strepsirhine families are the four related lemur families and the three remaining families that include the lorises, the Aye-aye, the galagos, and the pottos.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=primate (2206 words)

	News articles about Singapore's wild places
		Two new species of lemur have been found in Madagascar, bringing the number of known species to 49.
		"Also, with this name the new lemur is dedicated to Madagascar's children, to remind them of their responsibility for preserving the island's unique biodiversity for future generations," according to a press statement from Chicago's Field Museum.
		The two new primate species are rare finds, bringing the total number of known lemur species to 49—all of which occur naturally only on Madagascar or the nearby Comoros islands.
	www.wildsingapore.com /news/20050708/050809-1.htm (530 words)

	NIU anthropologist sinks teeth into study of how primates grow up (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Living lemurs range in size from one ounce to 15 pounds, while the extinct giant lemurs weighed as much as 400 pounds.
		Eruption of wisdom teeth, typically at age 18 to 22 in humans, is seen as the final marker of physical maturity in primates.
		But the giant lemurs we studied were born with a mouthful of adult teeth, essentially chewing their way out of the womb.
	www.niu.edu /northerntoday/2003/feb10/lemurs.shtml (742 words)

	WWF \| Madagascar \| About the Region
		Madagascar boasts two-thirds of the world's chameleons and 50 species of lemur, which are unique to the island.
		Lemur species include the ring-tailed lemur, the rare aye-aye, the crowned lemur, the grey mouse lemur, the indri lemur, and Verreaux's sifaka.
		The fat-tailed dwarf lemur hibernates up to nine months a year, using the nutrients stored in its thick tail to survive.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildplaces/mad/about.cfm (270 words)

	New Species of Lemurs Found \| Science Buzz
		Lemurs can only be found on the island of Madagascar, and due to the rapid loss of environment on the island are an animal that is considered endangered.
		The new species are a giant mouse lemur about the size of a squirrel called Mirza zaza and a mouse lemur with short, rounded ears, and a white stripe on its nose called Microcebus lehilahytsara.
		Lemurs cannot be house trained (they will defecate wherever they feel like, and they will pee all over the house in order to mark the territory).
	www.smm.org /buzz/node/267 (1012 words)

	:: Professor Paul's Guide to Mammals : Primates;monkeys apes & their relatives : Living mammals,family Lemuridae;Lemurs ...
		Goodman's Mouse Lemur (Microcebus lehilahytsara) is a species of mouse lemur from Andasibe in eastern Madagascar.
		It is thought to have diverged from other mouse lemurs in the region about 2 million years ago.
		The finding was presented August 10, 2005, along with the discovery of the Northern Giant Mouse Lemur Mirza zaza as a separate species.
	www.ppne.co.uk /index.php?m=show&id=14783 (119 words)

	News & Star (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first new breed is a mouse lemur the size of a grey squirrel with a bushy tale, called a Mirza zaza.
		This name was chosen because the new species is very small, also, the new lemur is dedicated to Madagascar’s children, to remind them that they should look after and preserve the island for future generations.
		The second is a giant mouse lemur called Microcebus lehilahytsara, and it’s not much bigger than a mouse.
	www.newsandstar.co.uk /youngeagles/viewarticle.aspx?id=275081 (207 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cheirogaleidae is the family of strepsirrhine primates that contains the various dwarf and mouse lemurs.
		Cheirogaleids are smaller than the other lemurs and, in fact, they are the smallest primates.
		Some species (such as the Lesser Dwarf Lemur) store fat at the hind legs and the base of the tail and hibernate.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Cheirogaleidae (331 words)

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