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Megaladapis, informally known as the koala lemur, [1] [2] is an extinct genus of lemurs belonging to the family Megaladapidae, consisting of three species that once inhabited the island of Madagascar. The largest measured between 1.3 to 1.5 m (4 to 5 ft) in length.
Archaeoindris fontoynontii is an extinct giant lemur and the largest primate known to have evolved on Madagascar, comparable in size to a male gorilla.It belonged to a family of extinct lemurs known as "sloth lemurs" (Palaeopropithecidae) and, because of its extremely large size, it has been compared to the ground sloths that once roamed North and South America.
Archaeolemur is an extinct genus of subfossil lemurs known from the Quaternary of Madagascar. [3] Archaeolemur is one of the most common and well-known of the extinct giant lemurs as hundreds of its bones have been discovered in fossil deposits across the island.
Although there are more than 100 species of lemurs, the ring-tailed lemur is arguably the most well-known thanks to King Julien in the hit children’s film Madagascar. His need to “move it ...
Megaladapis; Mirza (lemur) O. Otolemur; P. Phaner; Prolemur; V. Varecia This page was last edited on 5 March 2016, at 09:35 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) †Megaladapidae (Forsyth Major, 1894) †Megaladapis (Forsyth Major, 1894) - koala lemurs †Megaladapis edwardsi (Grandidier, 1899) - Milne-Edward's koala lemur †Megaladapis grandidieri (Standing, 1905) - Grandidier's koala lemur †Megaladapis madagascariensis (Forsyth Major, 1894) - tokandia; Lemuridae ...
The sportive lemurs are the medium-sized primates that make up the family Lepilemuridae. The family consists of only one extant genus, Lepilemur . They are closely related to the other lemurs and exclusively live on the island of Madagascar .
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