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  2. Monkey lemur - Wikipedia

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    The monkey lemurs [3] or baboon lemurs [4] (Archaeolemuridae) are a recently extinct family of lemurs known from skeletal remains from sites on Madagascar dated to 1000 to 3000 years ago. [ 4 ] The monkey lemur family is divided into two genera, Hadropithecus and Archaeolemur , and three species.

  3. Miller's langur - Wikipedia

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    Miller's langur (Presbytis canicrus), also known as Miller's grizzled langur or Kutai grey langur, is a species of leaf monkey. It is endemic to East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. It is one of the world's most endangered primates, and was at one time thought to be extinct, until it was rediscovered in 2012.

  4. Lemur - Wikipedia

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    Indriids, sportive lemurs, the aye-aye, and the extinct sloth lemurs, monkey lemurs, and koala lemurs have reduced dentitions, having lost incisors, canines, or premolars. [73] The ancestral deciduous dentition is 2.1.3 2.1.3, but young indriids, aye-ayes, koala lemurs, sloth lemurs, and probably monkey lemurs have fewer deciduous teeth. [56] [74]

  5. Primate - Wikipedia

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    Apes and monkeys spread from Africa into Europe and Asia starting in the Miocene. [57] Soon after, the lorises and tarsiers made the same journey. The first hominin fossils were discovered in northern Africa and date back 5–8 mya. [44] Old World monkeys disappeared from Europe about 1.8 mya. [58]

  6. Lemuriformes - Wikipedia

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    Lemuriformes is the sole extant infraorder of primate that falls under the suborder Strepsirrhini.It includes the lemurs of Madagascar, as well as the galagos and lorisids of Africa and Asia, although a popular alternative taxonomy places the lorisoids in their own infraorder, Lorisiformes.

  7. Lemuridae - Wikipedia

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    Male lemurs are competitive to win their mates which causes instability among the other organisms. Lemurs are able to mark their territory by using scents from local areas. [11] A number of lemur species are considered threatened; two species are critically endangered, one species is endangered, and five species are rated as vulnerable.

  8. List of mammals of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mammals in Indonesia. ... The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, monkeys, and apes. Family Lorisidae.

  9. List of lemuroids - Wikipedia

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    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.