(1) As its body weight increases by around 40 percent, the lemur 's tail swells massively with stored fat reserves.(2) The lake is home a troop of rare lemurs - a primate species indigenous to Madagascar.(3) Till now, scientists thought the common ancestor of lemurs and lorises was a native of Africa, but the discovery in Pakistan suggests alternative scenarios.(4) The lemurs of Madagascar are the surviving members of a lineage that has been genetically isolated from the rest of the primate family for at least 65 million years.(5) Apart from those already mentioned there are zebras, camels, baboons, lemurs , sea lions, humboldt penguins, tapirs and meerkats.(6) The most famous of the island's animals are lemurs , large-eyed primates that leap through the trees.(7) It's well known among primatologists that the number of males within a group of, say, baboons, chimpanzees, or lemurs is related to the number of females.(8) There were rodents, bats, elephants and lemurs with pointed snouts and long tails.(9) Folly Farm staff are also delighted at the birth of two more ring tailed lemurs twins, also highly endangered, and prairie dog twins, all born around the same time and yet to be named.(10) Primitive primates called lemurs fill the ecological roles of woodpeckers, squirrels and monkeys.(11) One of the world's most diverse primates, lemurs range in size from a mouse to a medium-size dog.(12) In addition, researchers know that some monkeys, lemurs , and other mammals also eavesdrop on neighboring species.(13) In other words, the movie implies that primates, like lemurs trace an evolutionary ancestry that goes back to the dinosaurs.(14) Like much of Madagascar's wildlife, lemurs are under serious threats.(15) Primates including forest-dwelling ancestors of today's lemurs and tarsiers flourished in the trees.(16) Here you'll see lemurs , those fascinating primates unique to Madagascar, as well as a variety of other rare creatures and plants.
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