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  Indridae . Animal . Primate . Strepsirrhini . 1828 . Madagascar . Lemuridae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
ORDER primates PRIMATES Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians Family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf and mouse lemurs Family Lemuridae: lemurs Family Megaladapidae: sportive lemurs Family Indridae : woolly lemurs and allies Genus Indri Genus Avahi Genus Propithecus Family Daubentoniidae: Aye-aye Family Loridae: lorises, pottos and allies Family Galagonidae: galagos Suborder Haplorrhini: tarsiers, monkeys and apes
Cheirogaleidae Lemuridae Megaladapidae Indridae Daubentoniidae Aye-aye Loridae Galagonidae The Strepsirrhini clade is one of the two suborders of primates.
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www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Indridae   (383 words)

  
 ChimpanZoo Web Site: Megaladapidae Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Megaladapidae family includes only one genus, Lepilemur, commonly known as sportive lemurs.
A male's territory will overlap between 1 to 5 female's territories.
Generally, sportive lemurs are solitary primates but they will sometimes forage in pairs.
www.chimpanzoo.org /megalad.html   (54 words)

  
 Ancient DNA confirms single origin of Malagasy primates
Yoder said the researchers’ results support the close relationship of sloth lemurs (Palaeopropithecus) to living indriids, but Megaladapis does not show a sister-group relationship with the living genus Lepilemur.
"The classification of the latter in the family Megaladapidae is misleading," she said.
Yoder said that damaging effects of moisture, ultraviolet irradiation, and tropical heat on DNA survival likely contributed to the inability to obtain DNA from some species.
www.innovations-report.com /html/reports/life_sciences/report-45103.html   (418 words)

  
 Megaladapidae or sportive lemurs - TheWebsiteOfEverything.com
Animals / Mammals / Primates (231) / Megaladapidae (7)
True lemurs and sportive lemurs are larger, about the size of cats.
However, in general sportive lemurs are brown to grey on their backs and tails with a light to white underbelly.
www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Primates/Megaladapidae   (88 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Woolly lemur
In biology, a species is, loosely speaking, a group of related organisms that share a more or less distinctive form and are capable of interbreeding.
Families Cheirogaleidae Lemuridae Megaladapidae Indridae Daubentoniidae (Aye-aye) Loridae Galagonidae The Strepsirrhini clade is one of the two suborders of primates.
Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, apes, and humans.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Woolly-lemur   (646 words)

  
 Lemur taxa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
At one point the extinct, sub-fossil genus of Pachylemur was placed within Varecia.
Among the Megaladapidae, there is some dispute as to whether the genus Lepilemur should have one species with many subspecies or many species
The full extent of the species/subspecies diversity of the one living genus in this family has probably not been determined.
bibliofile.mc.duke.edu /gww/Lemur/LemurTaxa.html   (581 words)

  
 MavicaNET - Sportive Lemurs, or Weasel Lemurs, and Koala Lemurs (Megaladapidae)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Каталог / Природа / Життя / Тварини / Ссавці (Mammalia) / Примати (Primates) / Sportive Lemurs, or Weasel Lemurs, and Koala Lemurs (Megaladapidae)
Каталог / Природа / Життя / Тварини / Ссавці (Mammalia) / Примати (Primates) / Primates (Primates): taxonomy / Sportive Lemurs, or Weasel Lemurs, and Koala Lemurs (Megaladapidae)
Recent research has suggested, however, a close relationship to the extinct giant lemur genus Megaladapis, which is in a separate family, the Megaladapidae.
www.mavicanet.ru /lite/ukr/21742.html   (181 words)

  
 Skatty's Primate Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Megaladapidae family includes only one species, the Sportive Lemurs.
Since they live in the trees, their diet consits mainly of leaves, flowers, fruit, and bark.
When Sportive Lemurs of the same gender feel threatened by each other, they will engage in displays, vocalizations and sometimes physical fighting.
primates.jinun.com /mega.shtml   (72 words)

  
 Weasel Sportive Lemur - educational resources
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Lemur taxa: Megaladapidae Subfamily Lepilemurinae: Genus Lepilemur: L. mustelinus (Weasel
ADW: Megaladapidae: Pictures:...small-toothed sportive lemur Lepilemur microdon, weasel sportive lemur Lepilemur
animals.mongabay.com /iucn/WXYZ/Weasel_Sportive_Lemur.html   (127 words)

  
 Animal Fact Sheets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lemurs are primates placed in the suborder Prosimiae.
There are five distinct families of lemurs: Lemuridae (ring-tailed lemurs), Indriidae (woolly lemurs), Daubentoniidae (aye-ayes), Megaladapidae (sportive lemurs), and Cheirogaleidae (fat-tailed dwarf lemurs).
The red ruffed lemur is a member of the Lemuridae family, which includes 10 species in four genera.
www.zoo.org /educate/fact_sheets/r_lemur/r_lemur.htm   (1087 words)

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