Lemur

Lemurs are a matriarchal society where alpha females lead and even the lowest female ranks are higher than any male one. And as we know, media is predominantly controlled by males so it is no wonder that Madagascar is not often on anyone’s itinerary. Are there any movies about lemurs? Even Hollywood has recognized the … Read more

To protect themselves, lemurs learn alarm calls of other species Solitary lemurs in Madagascar rely on the alarm calls of birds and more social lemurs to evade predators, reports a study published in PLo, and s one. They also alternate sleeping sites to confuse predators and conceal themselves in thick vegetation, holes in trees or … Read more

Highly social creatures, ring-tailed lemurs live in groups averaging 17 members. Their society is female-dominant, and a group will often contain multiple breeding females. Yet another query we ran across in our research was “Do ring-tailed lemurs live in groups?”. Ring-tailed lemurs live in large social groups called “troops”, which can have as few as … Read more

Lemurs (/ ˈ l iː m ər / LEE-mər) (from Latin lemures – ghosts or spirits ) are mammals 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, … Read more

Com defines extinction as: “—the state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct.”. Why are lemurs endangered? Many lemur species are threatened with extinction due to habitat loss and poaching. One answer is that genus: Allocebus: hairy-eared dwarf lemur (1 extant species)Genus: Cheirogaleus: dwarf lemurs (9 extant species)Genus: Microcebus: … Read more

Lemurs that are active during the day are highly social and live in family groups known as troops. This allows them to alert each other to predators. Nocturnal lemurs, on the other hand, use the cover of darkness to help them hide from predators, according to the San Diego Zoo. They’re nocturnal, insectivorous creatures (meaning … Read more

Agalychnis lemur produces up to 20 eggs at a time. They are usually deposited under resting leaves overhanging a water supply. These eggs are bluish-green or grey encased in the typical jelly mass. Agalychnis lemur lays eggs terrestrially, on vegetation or roots overhanging the water. Can lemurs fly? Also called colugos, these small, furry tree-dwellers … Read more

All lemurs are found on Madagascar, an island country off the west coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. They chiefly live in trees ( arboreal ), and are active at night ( nocturnal ). Lemurs share resemblance with other primates, but evolved independently from monkeys and apes. Is it safe for a lemur to … Read more

The great majority of living terrestrial vertebrates are quadrupeds, with bipedalism exhibited by only a handful of living groups. Humans, gibbons and large birds walk by raising one foot at a time. On the other hand, most macropods, smaller birds, lemurs and bipedal rodents move by hopping on both legs simultaneously. Are lemurs primates or … Read more

Modern lemurs have only been found on the island of Madagascar, off Africa’s southeastern coast. And even though lemur-like primates called adapiforms once clambered through dense forests over much of the northern hemisphere, they didn’t have any record at all in South America. Lemurs are found only in Madagascar and parts of the Comoro Islands … Read more