Assertion: lemur | /r/HasProperty | protected
Facets:
value: to human encroachment
type: CAUSE
value: extremely
type: DEGREE
value: from the increasing competition
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Once safely established on Madagascar, with its limited mammalian population, the lemurs were protected from the increasing competition from evolving arboreal mammalian groups.
text: These unique animals have survived on the island of Madagascar because they are cut off from the African mainland, where other primates eventually dominated, and as a result, lemurs are extremely vulnerable to human encroachment and habitat destruction, because they have led such sheltered lives historically.
text: Another problem is illegal hunting: lemurs are even poached on some reserves, where they're supposed to be protected.