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[[Image:Ringtailed lemur tail extended.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A '''Ring-tailed Lemur''', (''Lemur catta'').{{photo|Billy H. Brown}}]]  
[[Image:Ringtailed lemur tail extended.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A '''Ring-tailed Lemur''', (''Lemur catta'').{{photo|Billy H. Brown}}]]  


'''Lemurs''' are [[Primate|primates]] that exist only on the island of [[Madagascar]] and the neighbouring islands of the [[Comoros]].  They are among the most primitive of primates.  They have moist noses and reflective eyes.  They range in body size from the 30 gram Pygmy lemur to the 10kg Indri<ref name="Fleagle">{{cite book|title=Primate Adaptation and Evolution|accessdate=|author=J. Fleagle|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1998 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press: New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Szalay">{{cite book |title=Evolutionary History of the Primates|accessdate=|author=F. Szalay and E. Delson|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press, New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>. Due to their geographicaly restricted range and destruction of habitat by humans, all lemur species are [[endangered]]<ref name="Fleagle">{{cite book|title=Primate Adaptation and Evolution|accessdate=|author=J. Fleagle|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1998 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press: New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Szalay">{{cite book |title=Evolutionary History of the Primates|accessdate=|author=F. Szalay and E. Delson|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press, New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>.
'''Lemurs''' are [[Primate|primates]] that exist only on the island of [[Madagascar]] and the neighbouring islands of the [[Comoros]].  They are among the most primitive of primates.  They have moist noses and reflective eyes.  They range in body size from the 30 gram Pygmy lemur to the 10kg [[Indri]]<ref name="Fleagle">{{cite book|title=Primate Adaptation and Evolution|accessdate=|author=J. Fleagle|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1998 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press: New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Szalay">{{cite book |title=Evolutionary History of the Primates|accessdate=|author=F. Szalay and E. Delson|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press, New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>. Due to their geographicaly restricted range and destruction of habitat by humans, all lemur species are [[endangered]]<ref name="Fleagle">{{cite book|title=Primate Adaptation and Evolution|accessdate=|author=J. Fleagle|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1998 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press: New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Szalay">{{cite book |title=Evolutionary History of the Primates|accessdate=|author=F. Szalay and E. Delson|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press, New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>.


==Living species of lemurs==
==Living species of lemurs==

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A Ring-tailed Lemur, (Lemur catta).Template:Photo

Lemurs are primates that exist only on the island of Madagascar and the neighbouring islands of the Comoros. They are among the most primitive of primates. They have moist noses and reflective eyes. They range in body size from the 30 gram Pygmy lemur to the 10kg Indri[1][2]. Due to their geographicaly restricted range and destruction of habitat by humans, all lemur species are endangered[1][2].

Living species of lemurs

PRIMATA

SUBORDER STREPSIRHINI

INFRAORDER LEMURIFORMES
Superfamily Lemuroidea
Family Cheirogaleidae
Family Lemuridae
Family Megaladapidae
Family Indriidae
Family Daubentoniidae

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J. Fleagle (1998). Primate Adaptation and Evolution. Academic Press: New York. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 F. Szalay and E. Delson (2001). Evolutionary History of the Primates. Academic Press, New York.