are lemurs are nocturnal
Lemur catta, Madagascar cat, ring-tailed lemur-small lemur having its tail barred with black. aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis-nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs. Loris gracilis, slender loris-slim-bodied lemur of southern India and Sri Lanka. They have elongated hind feet and legs, like galagos, which give them the ability to leap nearly 10 feet (3 meters) in a single jump. This provides an advantage in hunting insects and in avoiding predators. They are strictly nocturnal and carnivorous. Family Lemuridae consists of the ring-tailed lemur, the brown lemurs, the bamboo lemurs and the ruffed lemurs. There are 21 extant species and six subspecies. The red-fronted lemur, like other brown lemurs, is sexually dichromatic (the sexes have different colorations). lemur. n. 1. (Animals) any Madagascan prosimian primate of the family Lemuridae, such as Lemur catta (the ring-tailed lemur). They are typically arboreal, having foxy faces and long tails. 2. (Animals) any similar or closely related animal, such as a loris or indris. All of them are arboreal and omnivorous. However, their hunting is largely limited to easy prey such as insects, eggs, and baby birds. The fact that they are strictly nocturnal has allowed them to largely avoid direct competition with the monkeys and apes, which are all diurnal in the Old World. All lemurs belong to the suborder Strepsirrhini within the order Primates. The 101 extant species and subspecies are divided among 5 families and 15 genera. They range in weight from 30 g (1.1 oz) (Madame Berthe's mouse lemur) to as much as 9.5 kg (21 lb) (indri). Lorises and Tarsiers. While the lemurs only live on the island of Madagascar, there are at least 11 species of Strepeirhini (or prosimians) living in mainland tropical forests elsewhere in the Old World. They are the lorises of India and Southeast Asia as well as the pottos, angwantibos, and galagos of Africa. Lemurs are strepsirrhine primates, all species of which are endemic to Madagascar. They include the smallest primate in the world, Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, which weighs 30 grams (1.1 oz), and range up to the size of the indri, which can weigh as much as 9.5 kilograms (21 lb). Some species of lemurs are now extinct, including one ancient lemur said to be as large as a gorilla — over 400 pounds. Some prosimian species contain a number of subspecies, all with distinct characteristics, which brings the total types of living lemurs to around 50. The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is one of 105 recognized species and subspecies of lemur found only in Madagascar.
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