### animal | vertebrate | mammal | primate:

Lemur
* All lemurs are at least partly arboreal, but a few spend considerable time on the ground
  - prosimians, which means premonkey
* Most Lemurs live all their life in trees.
* Most lemurs are arboreal, which means they spend most of their time in trees and bushes
  - develop symptoms
* Most lemurs eat diets
  - fruit
  - leaves
  - feed in trees
* Most lemurs feed on diets
* Most lemurs has-part noses
  - tails
* Most lemurs have fur
  - golden fur
  - habitats
  - heads
  - legs
  - metabolism
  - skulls
  - territory
  - live for about eighteen years
* Most lemurs live in Madagascar
  - areas
  - colonies
  - environments
  - groups
  - trees most of the time
  - possess retinas
  - prefer food
  - resemble ancestors
  - spend their time up in the trees, resting, sleeping, feeding, and even giving birth
  - visit habitats
* Some lemurs are brightly colored, with contrasting patches of black, white, brown, gray or rufous
  - nocturnal, others are active at dusk and a few are diurnal
  - attract tourists
  - avoid danger
  - carry babies
  - chew roots
  - come into heat
  - consume fruit
  - defecate in specific areas, otherwise known as latrine behavior
  - develop ability
* Some lemurs eat bamboo
  - giant bamboo
  - grapes
  - insects, but most are strictly vegetarian
  - enter states
  - escape from zoos
* Some lemurs feed on bamboo
  - insect larvae
  - go into states
* Some lemurs have babies
  - bars
  - expectancy
  - guts
  - life expectancy
  - resemblance
  - seasons
  - short life expectancy
  - help scientists
  - hibernate like the mouse lemur and fat-tailed dwarf lemur hibernate
  - live in multi male multi female groups
  - meet death
* Some lemurs prefer fruit
  - sit in trees
* Some lemurs survive attacks
  - resource scarcity
  - weigh ounces
* act as seed dispersers for trees with seeds that are larger than a half an inch in size.
* also have scent glands on their hind ends
  - have, and make use of anal glands
* appear to be territorial.
* are abundant and very confiding in both
  - among Madagascar's most endangered species
* are among the most endangered primates in the world
  - primitive of all primates
  - an ancient form of the primate called prosimlans
  - ancient relatives of monkeys, apes and humans
  - animals
  - arboreal, and some species are nocturnal
  - cute primates which live in Madagascar
* are endangered primates
  - species or threatened species
  - found occupying more or less the same ecological niches as monkeys do in Africa
  - highly social animals
* are located in books
  - bushs
  - cages
  - captivity
  - cartoons
  - dictionaries
  - disguises
  - distress
  - fields
  - heaven
  - holes
  - nature
  - pants
  - pet stores
  - picture books
  - rain forests
  - stew
  - sunshine
  - tropics
  - wildernesses
  - wood
  - lower down on the evolutionary scale and are less intelligent than monkeys
  - native only to Madagascar
  - one of the more overlooked groups of primates
  - particularly important because they are the most primitive of living primates
  - primarily vegetarian - feasting on leaves and fruits
* are primates that are found only on the island of Madagascar
  - only found on the small island of Madagascar off the coast of Africa
  - which are found only on the island of Madagascar off the East coast of Africa
* are primates, an order that includes monkeys, apes and humans
  - mammals closely related to monkeys, apes, and people
  - primitive primates that are found only in isolated parts of the world
  - prosimian primates found only on the island of Madagascar
* are prosimians , or primative primates
  - and are a suborder of the primate family
  - prosimians, one of the more primitive types of primate
  - reproductively active only once a year
  - strepsirrhine primates , all species of which are endemic to Madagascar
  - the biggest prosimians
* are the most attractive and best-known of Madagascar's wildlife
  - endangered group of mammals on the planet
  - primitive primates and are among the world's most endangered species
  - only primates other than humans in which blue eyes are normal, according to the zoo
  - unique to Madagascar, an island nation the size of Texas, off the east African coast
* are very clean animals and spend a lot of time grooming themselves and each other
  - routine creatures, and tend to stick to a daily routine
  - social and travel in troops of three to thirty
  - vocal animals
  - vital for dispersing plant seeds in some Madagascar forests
  - well known to fight among themselves
  - white and black with a ring tail
* can jump from tree to tree from a vertical position as well as horizontal
  - walk or hop a few steps bipedally
* come in all sizes.
* communicate by smell from special scent glands found all over their bodies
  - primarily through scent and vocalizations
  - with a variety of hoots
* constantly groom their fur.
* desire play.
  - fruits, leaves, and occasionally insects
* eat leaves, fruits, insects, reptiles, birds, and eggs
  - small reptiles, birds, and birds' eggs
* exist only on Madagascar and are considered the most endangered of all primates.
  - primarily on leaves and fruits, and most are arboreal
* have a keen sense of smell and they also have good vision, even at night
  - moist muzzle with a central prolongation dividing the upper lip
  - big, bushy tails that they wave in the air as another form of communication
  - both natural and introduced predators
  - bright round eyes and soft fur that varies in color, depending on the species
  - choices
  - comb-like front teeth that are used for grooming
  - large eyes
  - long, heavily furred tails, and slender bodies and limbs
  - loud voices, which they use frequently
  - one claw on each of their back feet, but most digits have nails
  - specific antipredation tactics against the large diurnal raptors
* have the ability to learn patterns, and they even have object discrimination skills
  - face of a fox and monkey-like hands and feet
  - toes
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* inhabit highland country and thinly wooded forests.
* lack many of the facial muscles other primates use to communicate with facial expressions.
  - family groups and are found only on the island of Madagascar
  - large groups consisting of females and males
  - trees which is why they are called arboreal
  - troops of two and five individuals
* living in social groups take their lead from the dominant female.
* maintain primitive primate features such as a small brain case and a prominent nose.
* mark their territory by scent, serving notice of their presence to all who can smell.
* mostly eat fruit, leaves, and other plant parts.
* often feed on nuts and fruits that they find in their natural habitat.
* only live on the African island of Madagascar.
* range greatly in size from the pygmy mouse lemur to the indri.
* rely heavily on their sense of smell and leave scent markings to communicate with each other.
* rely on a variety of food for survival
  - their sense of smell as a way of communicating with other animals
* resemble advanced primates chiefly in the structure of their hands and feet
  - monkeys and are the size of cats and squirrels
* seem to be major dispersers, especially the brown lemur
  - do very well in captivity
* spend most of their time in the trees.
* take first steps
* tend to move on all fours, and their hands and feet are tailor-made for life in the trees.
* thrive in captivity and are often exhibited in zoos.
* use their sense of smell to communicate with each other
  - to groom own and other
* vary greatly in size, color, and appearance.
+ Afrotropic, Major ecological regions, Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands: Ecozones
  * This is because Madagascar has not been connected to Africa since the break-up of Gondwana. Lemurs are found occupying more or less the same ecological niches as monkeys do in Africa.
+ Lemur, Communication
  * Lemurs communicate with a variety of hoots. When a male lemur wants to scare another male away, he first rubs its tail on the smelly glands under its arms and then waves the tail in the other male's face
  - Feeding Habits and Life
  * Lemurs mostly eat fruit, leaves, and other plant parts. They live in family groups of 5 to 42 members which is called a troop. Females are dominant and remain in the same troop for life. Males move between troops. The female's gestation period lasts four to five months, and they usually have between one and two babies. Lemur mothers nurse their babies until they are about four months old.
  * Females are dominant and remain in the same troop for life. Males move between troops. The female's gestation period lasts four to five months, and they usually have between one and two babies. Lemur mothers nurse their babies until they are about four months old. Then they begin to feed the babies solid food such as fruit. Lemurs spend most of their time in the trees. Some are fantastic leapers, flinging themselves from tree to tree. Lemurs live for about 27 years
  - Physical description
  * Lemurs are white and black with a ring tail. They are about 1.5 meters tall and weigh about 2 to 3.5 kilograms. They move quietly, usually at night, sometimes letting out eerie wailing cries, which some people think is the reason why they got their names