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Lemurs (from Latin lemures – ghosts or spirits) are mammalian animals of the order primates, divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species. They are native only to the island of Madagascar. Most existing lemurs are small, have a pointed snout, large eyes, and a long tail. They chiefly live in trees (arboreal), and are active at night (nocturnal),More info:wiki

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#10 Madagascar’s lemurs close to extinction after population crash,More info:newscientist

#9 RING-TAILED LEMUR,More info:zoobarcelona

#8 Elon Musk ‘Tomorrow Brings a Lemur’ Tweet Sparks Rumors About SpaceX Reveal,More info:inverse

#7 Lemurs in Crisis: 105 Species Now Threatened with Extinction,More info:therevelator

Lemurs are the now the most threatened mammal group on the planet, according to conservationists who issued a warning about the animals this month.

Out of 111 known lemur species and subspecies, at least 105 — 95 percent — are now considered to be threatened with extinction.

All lemur species are native to the island nation of Madagascar, where they are threatened by habitat loss, deforestation, hunting for meat, the illegal pet trade and other factors.

“The world loves lemurs, but the government of Madagascar pays very little attention,” says Russ Mittermeier, chief conservation officer for Global Wildlife Conservation and chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Primate Specialist Group, which conducted the new assessment of lemur species at a recent workshop.

#6 LIVIN’ THAT LEMUR LIFE,More info:calgaryzoo

Primatologist, conservationist and National Geographic explorer Mireya Mayor will be in Calgary this November as the subject of the next fascinating National Geographic Live installation at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. An engaging talk for all ages, the event is specifically geared for youth in Grades 3-12.

Why is she such an expert on all things lemur? Why, only because her research has helped identify over 70 species of lemur! In the 1990’s there had only been 30 identified species of lemur, and little was known about the primates. After a visit to Madagascar, Mayor was intrigued by incredible variety of lemurs that she encountered, and began to study their genetics. Her work changed the classifications of lemurs, proving that there were many different species of lemur, instead of merely subspecies of the same primate!

#5 Madagascar’s lemurs could go extinct; ‘we’ve not much time left’,More info:cnn

(CNN) — More than 90% of Madagascar’s lemurs “are on the verge of extinction,” says one of the country’s leading scientists.

It is a grim prediction for the cute primates, which are only found on Madagascar and the neighboring Comoros Islands.

“We’ve not much time left,” says Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Madagascar’s foremost primatologist. “We have to work together to save the living lemurs before it’s too late.”

Madagascar is an ecological marvel — 92% of mammals indigenous to the island exist nowhere else on Earth. And despite this distinction, at present 24 of the island’s known lemur species, including the silky sifaka and the sibree’s dwarf lemur, are listed as “critically endangered,” according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list.

But climate change and man’s impact on the ecosystem could take these primates beyond the point of no return, warns Ratsimbazafy.

#4 Why Study Mouse Lemurs?,More info:Duke University

#3 Lemur,More info:animals.sandiegozoo

Unique primates: Lemurs are a type of prosimian, which means they are primates that evolved before monkeys and apes. They are more primitive than their cousins but share certain characteristics. Found in only one area on Earth—Madagascar and the nearby Comoro Islands—lemurs are considered the world’s most endangered group of mammals.

Today there are over 100 lemur species. Their lemur-like primate ancestor is thought to have rafted over to Madagascar from Africa about 60 million years ago. With no competition from other primates and little predation, the original lemurs evolved to fill a large number of varying niches on the island.

#2 LONERS OR SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES? LEMURS ARE BOTH,More info:futurity

Ring-tailed lemurs, primate cousins that live in groups of up to two dozen on the island of Madagascar, have distinct personalities that drive their social behavior, a new study of group dynamics suggests.

First author Ipek Kulahci spent several years studying ring-tailed lemurs at the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina and the St. Catherines Island Lemur Program in Georgia.

Along the way, she noticed a lot of variation in social behavior from one lemur the next: Fern is a socialite, Captain Lee a loner, and Limerick and Herodotus are best buddies.

Some individuals seemed more outgoing than others. To try to quantify that, she followed four groups of ring-tailed lemurs over two consecutive years and recorded their behavior a minimum of four times a week for at least two months.

#1 BIG-EYED, FLUFFY-TAILED LEMUR SPECIES DISCOVERED,More info:nationalgeographic

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