One of a family (Lemuridæ) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo.
The cutest monkeys in the world, only exist in Madagascar and in zoos.
A monotypic genus of prosimian primates, now found only on Madagascar but formally (about 50 million years ago) members of this family were much more wide spread.
tree-dwelling, mainly nocturnal primates found only in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Most lemurs are endangered.
1. Madagascan prosimian, belonging to family of Afro-Asian primitive primate, providing a bridge between natural history and the occult history of the Earth. 2. Among ancient Romans, ghost, wraith, shade of the dead. 3. Among Neolemurians, inhabitant of numogrammatic hyperspace. [See Demon].
large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
a kind of primate related to simians, which is more arboreal, meaning they spend more of their time in trees and bushes
a mammal, and a member of the primate order
a monkey-wannabe, according to the great Homer
a nocturnal, monkey-like African animal that is largely confined to the island of Madagascar
a "primate" - an animal that is similar to a monkey
a small monkeylike animal that lives primarily in Madagascar
a type of prosimian primate that is wild only on the island of Madagascar
a primitive family of primates, confined to the island of Madagascar.
Lemurs are large-eyed primates from Madagascar. The biggest lemur alive today is the indri.
Lemurs are members of a class of primates known as prosimians and make up the infraorder Lemuriformes. This type of primate is considered the evolutionary predecessor of simians. The term "lemur" is derived from the Latin word lemures, meaning "spirits of the night," and likely refers to the large, reflective eyes which many of the nocturnal lemur species have.
