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Threats to the 107 known lemur species are habitat loss from deforestation and mining, hunting by humans and other predators such as dogs, climate change and poaching for the illegal pet trade ...
“Lemurs are from Madagascar, on the island, so this would be very, very odd that there would be a lemur out in this area unless it was someone’s pet,” McKee said.
The animals -- including ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta), common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus), Spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoids), and radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata -- will then be ...
Despite being poor pets that are difficult to care for, with a dangerous toxic bite [1] and a sleep cycle opposite to that of humans, a large number of slow lorises are traded as pets, both locally and internationally. Although it is illegal to import slow lorises for commercial sale, they are popular exotic pets in their native range, Japan ...
The pygmy mouse lemur (Microcebus myoxinus), also known as Peters' mouse lemur or dormouse lemur, is a primate weighing only 43–55 g (1.5–1.9 oz); it is the second smallest of the mouse lemurs. [4] Its dorsal side is a rufous-brown colour, and creamy-white ventrally. It lives in dry deciduous forests of western Madagascar.
Populations of collared brown lemur have successfully been maintained in captivity. The collared brown lemur was listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List assessment. [1] Its greatest threat is habitat loss from slash-and-burn agriculture and charcoal production. It is also hunted for food and captured for the local pet trade. [5]
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In his 1774 work Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Schreber listed three items under the name "Lemur flavus Penn.": on page 145 is a short translation of Pennant's description of the yellow maucauco (later identified to be Lemur mongoz, presently known as the mongoose lemur) from his 1771 work A Synopsis of Quadrupeds (page 138 ...