Lemurs

The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a medium- to larger-sized strepsirrhine (wet-nosed) primate, and the most internationally-recognized lemur species, owing to its long, black-and-white, ringed tail.

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Can Firebreaks Help Save Madagascar’s Lemurs?

Climate change threatens lemurs on Madagascar

Extinct Monkey Lemurs Had a Varied Omnivorous Diet

Monkeys and lemurs are coming down from the trees as climate warms up

Lemurs hug tree trunks to cool down when temperatures top 30°C

The Best Fun Science Stories of 2021: Rhythmic Lemurs, a Marscopter and Sex-Obsessed Insect Zombies

These Lemurs Have Got Rhythm. Scientists Have Got Questions

Giant Lemurs Are the First Mammals (Besides Us) Found To Use Rhythm

We got the beat: Lemurs show vocal musical rhythm, a rarity in animal kingdom

Drug-resistant bacteria found in the guts of lemurs who live around humans

Lemurs: A diverse group of endangered primates

Flexible diet may help leaf-eating lemurs resist deforestation

Flexible diet may help leaf-eating lemurs survive deforestation

Surprising Genetics Reveals Flexible Diet May Help Leaf-Eating Lemurs Resist Deforestation

Flexible diet may help leaf-eating lemurs resist deforestation

Adorable Snoozing Lemurs Are Teaching Scientists The Secrets of Hibernation

Lemurs can sniff out hidden fruit from afar

Lemurs can sniff out hidden fruit from afar