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Lemur Conservation Foundation was founded by Penelope Bodry-Sanders as the Lower Primate Conservation Foundation in 1996. [8]: 4 Bodry-Sanders was alerted to the need for conservation effort for lemurs by paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall, her colleague at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). Lemuroidea is a superfamily of primates.Members of this superfamily are called lemuroids, or lemurs. Lemuroidea is one of two superfamilies that form the suborder Strepsirrhini, itself one of two suborders in the order Primates.
This demonstrates that lemur species such as the lemur catta and the common brown lemur were forced to switch their primary diet to a group of secondary food sources. [ 9 ] With most lemurids, the mother gives birth to one or two young after a gestation period of between 120 and 140 days, depending on species.
The blue-eyed black lemur (Eulemur flavifrons), also known as the Sclater's lemur, is a species of true lemur. It can attain a body length of 39–45 cm (15–18 in), a tail length of 51–65 cm (20–26 in), a total length of 90–100 cm (35–39 in), and a weight of 1.8–1.9 kg (4.0–4.2 lb). [ 4 ]
In the western part of its range, the common brown lemur overlaps that of the mongoose lemur, and the two species sometimes travel together. [6] In the areas of overlap, the two species also adapt their activity patterns to avoid conflict. [8] For example, the mongoose lemur can become primarily nocturnal during the dry season in the areas of ...
Lemurs (/ ˈ l iː m ər / ⓘ LEE-mər; from Latin lemures lit. ' ghosts ' or ' spirits ') are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea (/ l ɛ m j ʊ ˈ r ɔɪ d i ə / lem-yuurr-OY-dee-ə), [4] divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species.
Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) is a diurnal, medium-sized lemur of the sifaka genus Propithecus.It is native to northwest Madagascar.Coquerel's sifaka was once considered a subspecies of Verreaux's sifaka but was eventually granted full species status.
Only three Florida species live in caves: the eastern pipistrelle, the gray bat and the southeastern myotis. Florida has the highest concentration of southeastern myotis in the world. [5] The greatest threat to bats in Florida is the disturbance or destruction of roost sites, due to either vandalism or urban development. [5]