Lemur

Quick meaning: Lemur is a noun meaning Any strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

Meaning

Any strepsirrhine primate of the superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

More Meanings

1. Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
2. (obsolete) A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

Example Sentences

"Lemurs are naturally very social," said Mukobi. "Wild lemurs live in big family groups, and different species do really well together. Plus, the new lemur habitat is quite large, so each family group can have their own space when they choose to."

Tucker-Brown explained how lemurs—like much of the “stranded” flora and fauna of Madagascar—are effectively living fossils. Belonging to a primate group called prosimians, lemurs were evolutionarily superseded by monkeys on mainland Africa 35mn years ago and driven to near-extinction.

Word Forms

• lemurs

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