LEMURIFORMES GENERA AND CHARACTERISTICS

TO KNOW: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

LEMURIFORMES OF MADAGASCAR ALL ENDANGERED HUMANS ARRIVED 1.5 kya

LEMURIDAE (low sexual dimorphism)

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Crowned Black ( ♀ orange) Brown Mongoose Eulemur

Lemur ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Hapalemur Gentle or bamboo lemur ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SETH PALMER IN MADAGASCAR 11” WALKING STICK!!!

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Varecia

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Lepilemur

CHEIROGALEIDAE Smallest and most primitive lemuriformes

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Allocebus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Microcebus

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],M. murinus Mouse lemurs

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],M. coquereli

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Phaner

INDRIDAE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Avahi

[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Propithecus

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Critically endangered P. candidus

Indri ,[object Object],[object Object]

Daubentonia aye-aye ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Crop raiders for coconuts and sugar cane

[object Object],[object Object],A creature only a mother could love!!! Future chicken killer…YIKES!!!

Galago ,[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Other species ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

LORIDAE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Perodicticus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Slow climber with nose to branch Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Arctocebus

[object Object],[object Object],Pseudopotto

Loris ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Nyctocebus

Can sneak up on prey and strike with great speed by perching on its feet and throwing the body forward

Slow loris ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Tarsius Tarsiers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

T. Syrichta (Philippine Tarsier) T. Bancanus (Horsfield’s tarsier) T. Spectrum (spectral tarsier) T. Pumilus (pygymy tarsier) T. Dianae (Dian’s tarsier)

Conservation Philippine tarsiers, spectral tarsiers, Dian’s tarsiers and Horsfield’s tarsiers are all on conservation lists (lower risk)

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