Lemurs

large species of strepsirrhine primate

The aye-aye (, Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a long-fingered lemur, a strepsirrhine primate native to Madagascar with rodent-like teeth that perpetually grow and a special thin middle finger that they can use to catch grubs and larvae out of tree trunks.

Lemuridae is a family of strepsirrhine primates native to Madagascar and the Comoros. They are represented by the Lemuriformes in Madagascar with one of the highest concentration of the lemurs. One of five families commonly known as lemurs, these animals were once thought to be the evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes, but this is no longer considered correct. They are formally referred to as lemurids.

The Cheirogaleidae are the family of strepsirrhine primates containing the various dwarf and mouse lemurs. Like all other lemurs, cheirogaleids live exclusively on the island of Madagascar.

The Indriidae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Indridae) are a family of strepsirrhine primates. They are medium- to large-sized lemurs, with only four teeth in the toothcomb instead of the usual six. Indriids, like all lemurs, live exclusively on the island of Madagascar.

Lemurs ( ; ) are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea ( ), divided into eight families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 extant species. They are endemic to the island of Madagascar. Most existing lemurs are small, with a pointed snout, large eyes, and a long tail. They usually live in trees and are active at night.

species of mammal

thumb|upright=1.4|An 1876 map illustrating the supposed location of Lemuria and the hypothetical dispersal routes of the "12 Race (human categorization)|varieties of men" from their alleged Lemurian origin across the globeLemuria (), or Limuria, was a continent proposed in 1864 by zoologist Philip Sclater, theorized to have sunk beneath the Indian Ocean, later appropriated by occultists in supposed accounts of human origins. The theory was discredited with the discovery of plate tectonics and continental drift in the 20th century.

species of mammal

genus of mammals

species of mammal

genus of mammals (strepsirrhine primates)

species of mammal

genus of mammals

species of mammal

species of mammal

species of mammal

species of mammal

species of mammal

Daubentonia is the sole genus of the Daubentoniidae, a family of lemuroid primate native to much of Madagascar.

Chiromyiformes is an infraorder of strepsirrhine primates that includes the aye-aye from Madagascar and its extinct relatives.

history of primate evolution on Madagascar

science of describing species and defining the evolutionary relationships between taxa of lemurs

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