Mescalerolemur (SciiFii)

The American prehensile-tailed lemur (Mescalerolemur pithedonta) is a species of lemur-like adapiform strepsirrhine primate, despite its name, that originally lived from late Middle Eocene in what is now Texas as an extinct species, Mescalerolemur horneri, and the genus itself was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced throughout the modern rainforests, forests, swamps, and open woodlands across the southeastern, southern, and southwestern parts of North America to help boost biodiversity. The American prehensile-tailed lemur has a total length of 84 to 101 cm (33 to 40 in), including its tail. As its name suggests, its tail is prehensile in a manner similar to New World monkeys, allowing the American prehensile-tailed lemur to better grasp onto tree branches while climbing. It is primarily active during the day, but can exhibit cathemeral activity and continue into the night, especially during full moons and during the dry season. The American prehensile-tailed lemur's diet consists primarily of fruits, young leaves, and flowers. In some locations it eats invertebrates, such as cicadas, beetles, spiders, and millipedes. It also eats bark, sap, soil and red clay. It can tolerate greater levels of toxic compounds from plants than other North American prosimian primates can. American prehensile-tailed lemurs normally live in groups of 5 to 12, but group size can be larger. Groups occupy home ranges of 1 to 9 hectares in the west, but more than 20 hectares in the east. Groups include members of both sexes, including juveniles, and there are no discernible dominance hierarchies. The conservation status of the American prehensile-tailed lemur is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the American prehensile-tailed lemur's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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