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  Lemur - ninemsn Encarta
The mouse lemurs and dwarf lemurs are closely related to the lorises.
The hairy-eared dwarf lemur, previously thought to be extinct, was rediscovered alive in the wild in 1989.
Mouse lemurs, dwarf lemurs, and the hairy-eared dwarf lemur belong to the family Cheirogaleidae.
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 Madagascar lemurs descended from single primate ancestor, finds study
Lemurs belong to a group of primates known as prosimians that were once distributed worldwide but today have been largely replaced by monkeys.
Currently about 60 kinds of lemurs are recognized by scientists, a number that has grown in recent years with the discovery of several new species including two this year.
Radiocarbon dating of the bones and teeth from which the DNA was obtained reveal that each of the individuals analyzed died well over 1,000 years ago, according to the senior author, Anne Yoder, associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
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 Dwarf Lemur :: Dwarf Lemur - Sources and Suggested Reading Harcourt, Caroline.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemurs are one of the smallest lemurs.
http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/fatlemur.html : fat-tailed lemur - Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemurs are one of the smallest lemurs.
The Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur (Allocebus trichotis) is a nocturnal lemur endemic to Madagascar.
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 -= Gray Mouse Lemur =-   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The mouse lemur Microcebus murinus Moscow Zoo Maki trpasli- Microcebus Dierentuin.
Mouse Lemur mouse lemur is the smallest species of its kind in the world and is about the size of a chipmunk.
Indri lemur While the mouse lemur is the smallest in the world, the Indri (or Babakoto) is the largest.
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 LEMUR,   (Site not responding. Last check: )
An atypical species, the ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta, is active during the day and frequents rocks rather than trees.
The gentle lemurs of the genus Hapalemur are characterized by a rounded head and long ears.
The hairy-eared dwarf lemur, Allocebus trichotis, was first observed alive in the wild in 1989.
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 Lemur   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The ruffed lemur is a common species about 51 to 60 cm (about 20 to 24 in) long.
The mouse lemurs, dwarf lemurs, and the fork-marked mouse lemur are closely related to the lorises.
The hairy-eared dwarf lemur was first observed alive in the wild in 1989.
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Lemurs are often lumped in with other somewhat less advanced primates known collectively as "prosimians." Other animals sometimes referred to as prosimians include tarsiers, lorises, bushbabies, galagos, pottos, and so forth.
If you meet a lemur, and the lemur sneaks up behind you and takes a swipe at you with well sharpened fingernails, odds are you've spotted a Gentle Lemur; Gentle Lemurs have been seething for generations over being stuck with such a silly designation and are out to prove that they are anything but gentle.
Dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleidae): These are the small, sneaky, steal your twinkies before you notice them lemurs.
www.nirvani.net /texts/Lemur_FAQ/part7.txt   (5296 words)

  
 Lemur: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
The so-called flying lemur is not a primate, but a member of a different mammalian order.
Lemurs are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Primates, families Lemuridae and Indriidae.
A baby lemur abandoned by its mother has found a new family, in the form of a...creature, named Trelow, after it was abandoned on the floor of the lemur enclosure at Folly Farm, Carmarthenshire.
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 Earth's Endangered Creatures - Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur Facts
The hairy-eared dwarf lemur is said to be the rarest of all lemurs.
The ears are short and possess tufts of long hair in front and on the internal side of the lobe, giving the species its common name.
To rest, the lemurs sleep in holes of large trees, and it is reported that they also hibernate in the trees or underground from May to September.
www.earthsendangered.com /profile.asp?view=c&ID=1&sp=967   (307 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Cheirogaleidae
Phaner Cheirogaleidae is the family strepsirrhine primates that contains the various dwarf lemurs and mouse-lemurs.
Cheirogaleids are smaller than the other lemurs and, in fact, they are the smallest primates.
Some species (such as the Western Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur) store fat at the hind legs and the base of the tail and hibernate.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Cheirogaleidae   (460 words)

  
 EDGE :: Top 100 EDGE Species
The tiny hairy-eared dwarf lemur is one of the rarest of the surviving lemurs.
The species can be distinguished from the superficially similar mouse lemurs by the tufts of long wavy hair on the ears, which give rise to both the common and scientific names.
This small primate can be distinguished from the superficially similar mouse lemurs by the tufts of long wavy hair on the ears, which give rise to both the common and scientific names.
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 :: Professor Paul's Guide to Mammals : Primates;monkeys apes & their relatives : Living Mammal,family ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The hairy-eared dwarf lemur also has a galago-like ear, this may mean that it, and other cheirogalieds, are more closely related to the galagos and lorises than the lemurs (Fleagle, 1988).
The hairy-eared dwarf lemur tends to leap frequently (Meier and Albignac, 1991); they were found to leap more than members of the genera Cheirogaleus and Microcebus (Meier and Albignac, 1991).
In the hairy-eared dwarf lemur it was found in captivity that males and females will do this to each other before they leave the nest at night (Meier and Albignac, 1991).
www.ppne.co.uk /index.php?m=show&id=1027   (453 words)

  
 Cheirogaleidae Family -- Mouse lemurs and dwarf lemurs
Mouse lemurs and dwarf lemurs are small nocturnal species found across virtually all habitats in Madagascar.
Mouse (Microcebus) lemurs are some of the world's smallest primates.
Dwarf lemurs are larger and less active than mouse lemurs.
madagascar.mongabay.net /lemurs-mouse.html   (78 words)

  
 lemur
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).
Typically, the smaller lemurs are active at night (nocturnal), while the larger ones are active during the day (diurnal).
The remainder of the lemurs, the lemuroids are primarily herbivores, although some species supplement their diet with insects.
www.datapan.com /2005-In-Review-Lee-to-Lil/lemur.php   (789 words)

  
 The Living Primates
Dwarf lemurs have a tooth comb formed by long forward facing canines and incisors.
Lemurs have nails on all digits except their second toes, which terminate in specialized “toilet” claws used for grooming.
The ring-tailed lemur is active during the day and spends more time on the ground than the other lemurs.
www.anth.ucsb.edu /faculty/walker/classes/anth121/121primates.htm   (3476 words)

  
 Lemurs.us - Frequently Asked Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Some lemurs, such as the Red-ruffed Lemur and some types of bamboo lemurs, are considered "Critically Endangered," with only a few remaining in the wild and a drastically reduced range of habitat.
These lemurs are not as close to the brink of extinction as those on the critical list but still face a good possibility of vanishing in the near future.
Reasons for the threat to the survival of lemurs in their native home of Madagascar include large-scale deforestation for the purposes of agriculture and timber production, hunting of lemurs for food, and even fear of mysterious creatures like the Aye-aye.
www.lemurs.us /faq.html   (735 words)

  
 The Lemurs of Madagascar
This webpage introduces lemurs and is designed for a middle school class (7th or 8th grade).
The smallest lemur weighs only 1 ounce, and the largest weighs about 15 pounds (about the size of a cat).
Habits: Lemurs are arboreal, which means that they spend most of their lives in trees.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~grolling/lemurs/lemurinfo.htm   (208 words)

  
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Lemurs to look for: Common Brown Lemur (Lemur fulvus fulves); nocturnal Rufous Mouse Lemur (Microcebus rufus); Eastern Woolly Lemur (Avahi laniger) which has prominent white patches on the thighs.
Lemurs to look for: Verreaux’s Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi); the terrestrial Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) which occurs in larger groups; Red-Fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus rufus).
Lemurs to look for: Sanford's Brown Lemur (Eulemur sanfordi); crowned lemur (Lemur coronatus); Amber Mountain Fork-Marked Lemur (Phaner furdfer electromontis); nocturnal Northern Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis); the in 2005 described Pigmy Dwarf Lemur (Mirza zaza); Brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus rufus).
www.madagaskar.com /english/parks_and_reserves.html   (6514 words)

  
 Lemur taxonomy
The taxonomy of the living and sub-fossil lemurs of Madagascar is in dispute.
Rumpler, Y, et al, 1990 "Chromosomal evolution in Malagasy lemurs, XII chromosomal banding study of Avahi laniger occidentalis (syn: Lichanotus laniger occidentalis) and cytogenetic data in favor of its classification in a species apart- Avahi occidentalis", American Journal of Primatology 21(4) 307-316
Szalay FS, and Katz CC, 1973, "Phylogeny of lemurs, galagos, and lorises", Folia Primatologica, 19:88-103
info.bio.sunysb.edu /rano.biodiv/Mammals/LemurTaxonomy   (0 words)

  
 alt.fan.lemurs: Frinkquently Asked Questions (Part 7 of 7)
However, lemurs are thought to be less evolutionarily advanced than men and apes and monkeys are, representing the stage of evolution our ancestors would have been at several million years ago.
The people who'd adopted lemurs were taken off into the depths of the woods to find their adopted animals while others went off to tour the Nocturnal Building, and Joel Furr and David Witzel singed all the hair off their hands cooking hamburgers.
If the lemur does not attack, but instead sits down and chews on a nice clump of cyanide-laden bamboo leaves, you're seeing another interesting quality of the bamboo lemurs: bamboo lemurs can ingest cyanide in quantities that would kill primates several times their size.
www.faqs.org /faqs/lemur-faq/part7   (0 words)

  
 Hairy Eared Dwarf Lemur :: Hairy Eared Dwarf Lemur - Money is brought into the country and visitors get the chance of a ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Online Education Resource
The hairy-eared dwarf lemur of Madagascar is one of the smallest primates known.
However, a zoologist was interviewing villagers in the northeastern part of the island in 1989 when a local man described to him what clearly seemed to be the hairy-eared dwarf lemur.
It was only after the zoologist had given up and started for home that a live hairy-eared dwarf lemur appeared.
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 Lemurs of Madagascar 1881173089 9781881173083 - Madagascar Library
Not only is Madagascar important for primates, it is also one of the world's most threatened biodiversity "hotspots", with 80% of its forests already gone, and most of what remains still at great risk.
By stimulating interest in this unique country and its unsurpassed wildlife wonders, we hope to make a contribution to ensuring the survival of the lemurs and the many other strange, special and spectacular species that Madagascar is so fortunate to possess.
The guide is illustrated with 35 color plates, maps of the distribution of all species, and a series of 135 postural, locomotor and behavioral drawings to assist in field identification.
www.madagascar-library.com /record.html?uid=346   (308 words)

  
 Mouse lemur - educational resources
One, the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) appears to live in the gallery forest, while the other, the grey-brown mouse lemur (M. griseorufus) lives in the...
Spatial distribution and population composition of the brown mouse...
Spatial distribution and population composition of the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, and its implications for...
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 Lemurs of Madagascar 1881173887 9781881173885 - Madagascar Library
A decade ago we knew of only 50 different kinds of lemurs; now there are 21 more, and we expect at least a dozen more will be described in the next couple of years.
A primatologist and paleontologist who has specialized in the study of lemurs since 1968, he has a central interest in systematics and has studied numerous aspects of lemur biology.
He has carried out extensive fieldwork in Madagascar and the Comores, and is co-editor of Lemur Biology (1975) and author of The Primates of Madagascar (1982), as well as of numerous scientific papers.
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 Allocebus trichotis - Hairy-eared Dwarf Mouse-lemur
[First discovery of the hairy-eared dwarf lemur (Allocebus trichotis) in a highland rain forest of eastern Madagascar.
Hairy-eared Dwarf Mouse-lemur Allocebus trichotis --...lemurs Allocebus trichotis Hairy-eared Dwarf Mouse-lemur.
Species of the Lemurs of Madagascar -- Allocebus trichotis.
www.wildmadagascar.org /wildlife/species/lemurs/Allocebus_trichotis.html   (438 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.
Some species (such as the Lesser Dwarf Lemur) store fat at the hind legs and the base of the tail and hibernate.
In human care, they can live for up to 15 years, although their life expectancy in the wild is probably significantly shorter.
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 Primates | World of Biology
Cheirogaleidae (This is a family of five species of dwarf or mouse lemurs, which only occur on the island of Madagascar, off Africa in the Indian Ocean.
Lemuridae (This is the largest family of lemurs, consisting of about 10 species, which only occur on Madagascar and the nearby Comoro Islands.
Examples are the fl lemur (Eulemur macaco) and the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
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 Zoology -- Primates -- Prosimians   (Site not responding. Last check: )
-- Northern Rufous Mouse Lemur -- [ wisc
-- Coquerel's Mouse Lemur -- [ *duke
-- Northern Sportive Lemur -- [ wisc
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The Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur (Allocebus trichotis) is a nocturnal primate, the only member of the genus Allocebus of the family Cheirogaleidae.
The hairy-eared dwarf lemur is one of the smallest primates with a weight of only 80 to 100 g (3 -3.6 oz) and a length of 30 cm.
The Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) is a burrowing mammal that belongs to the family of Dasypodidae.
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