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


'''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 considered threatened or [[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 considered threatened or [[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==


===PRIMATA===
====SUBORDER STREPSIRHINI====
=====INFRAORDER LEMURIFORMES=====
======Superfamily Lemuroidea======
======Family Cheirogaleidae======
*Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur '' [[Cheirogaleus medius]] ''
*Southern Dwarf Lemur '' [[Cheirogaleus adipicaudatus]] ''
*Greater Dwarf Lemur '' [[Cheirogaleus major]] ''
*Furry-eared Dwarf Lemur '' [[Cheirogaleus crossleyi]] ''
*Small Iron-gray Dwarf Lemur ''[[Cheirogaleus minusculus]]''
*Large Iron-gray Dwarf Lemur ''[[Cheirogaleus ravus]]''
*Lesser Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus murinus]]''
*Gray-brown Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus griseorufus]]''
*Jolly's Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus jollyae]]''
*Golden-brown Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus ravelobensis]]''
*Simmons' Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus simmonsi]]''
*Sambirano Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus sambiranensis]]''
*Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus mittermeieri]]''
*Russet Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus rufus]]''
*Berthe's Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus berthae]]''
*Goodman's Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus lehilahytsara]]''
*Northern Rufous Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus tavaratra]]''
*Pygmy Mouse Lemur ''[[Microcebus myoxinus]]''
*Coquerel's Mouse Lemur ''[[Mirza coquereli]]''
*Northern Mouse Lemur ''[[Mirza zaza]]''
*Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur ''[[Allocebus trichotis]]''
*Fork-crowned Lemur ''[[Phaner furcifer]]''
======Family Lemuridae======
*Ring-tailed Lemur ''[[Lemur catta]]''
*Black Lemur ''[[Eulemur macaco]]''
*Brown Lemur ''[[Eulemur fulvus]]''
*Mongoose Lemur ''[[Eulemur mongoz]]''
*Crowned Lemur ''[[Eulemur coronatus]]''
*Red-bellied Lemur ''[[Eulemur rubriventer]]''
*Gray Gentle Lemur ''[[Hapalemur griseus]]''
*Golden Gentle Lemur ''[[Hapalemur aureus]]''
*Broad-nosed Gentle Lemur ''[[Hapalemur simus]]''
*Ruffed Lemur ''[[Varecia variegate]]''
======Family Megaladapidae======
*Weasel Sportive Lemur ''[[Lepilemur mustelinus]]''
*Small-toothed Sportive Lemur ''[[Lepilemur microdon]]''
*White-footed Sportive Lemur ''[[Lepilemur leucopus]]''
*Red-tailed Sportive Lemur ''[[Lepilemur ruficaudatus]]''
*Antafia Sportive Lemur ''[[Lepilemur aeeclis]]''
*Randrianasolo's Sportive Lemur ''[[Lepilemur randrinanasoli]]''
*Milne-Edwards Sportive Lemur ''[[Lepilemur edwardsi]]''
*Gray-backed Sportive Lemur ''[[Lepilemur dorsalis]]''
*Sahamalaza Peninsula Sportive Lemur ''[[Lepilemur sahamalazensis]]''
*Northern Sportive Lemur ''[[Lepilemur septentrionalis]]''
======Family Indriidae======
*Indri ''[[Indri indri]]''
*Eastern Woolly Lemur ''[[Avahi laniger]]''
*Western Woolly Lemur ''[[Avahi occidentalis]]''
*Cleese's Woolly Lemur ''[[Avahi cleesei]]''
*Unicolor Woolly Lemur ''[[Avahi unicolor]]''
*Diademed Sifaka ''[[Propithecus diadema]]''
*Verreaux's Sifaka ''[[Propithecus verreauxi]]''
======Family Daubentoniidae======
*Aye-aye ''[[Daubentonia madagascariensis]]''
==External links==
* [http://lemur.duke.edu/ Duke Lemur Center]


==References==
==References==
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A Ring-tailed Lemur, (Lemur catta).

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 considered threatened or endangered[1][2].


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. 
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