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a wide-eyed Madagascar exclusive that runs on female rule and stinky flirtation
means A primate native to Madagascar, typically with a pointed snout, large reflective eyes, and a long tail, belonging to a group of prosimians found nowhere else in the wild.
from From Latin 'lemures,' the restless spirits or ghosts of the dead in Roman belief. The naturalist Linnaeus is credited with applying the name in the 18th century — reportedly struck by the animals' nocturnal habits, glowing eyes, and slow, spectral movements in the dark, which made them seem like wandering night-phantoms.
- island only
- Found wild nowhere on Earth but Madagascar
- ladies first
- Females dominate males in nearly every species
- stink fights
- Males rub tails with scent, then wave them
- tiny giant
- Smallest weighs less than a stick of butter
- old timers
- Lemurs predate the split that made monkeys
ring-tailed lemur — most recognizable species with distinctive black-and-white striped tail, native to madagascar
aye-aye — nocturnal lemur with elongated middle finger for extracting insects, found in madagascar rainforests
indri — largest living lemur species weighing up to 10kg, endangered and found only in madagascar