lemur
Noun
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Large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails (synset 102499544)
is a type of: primate - any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feetsubtypes:
- lemur catta, madagascar cat, ring-tailed lemur - small lemur having its tail barred with black
- aye-aye, daubentonia madagascariensis - nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs
- loris gracilis, slender loris - slim-bodied lemur of southern India and Sri Lanka
- nycticebus pygmaeus, nycticebus tardigradua, slow loris - stocky lemur of southeastern Asia
- kinkajou, perodicticus potto, potto - a kind of lemur
- angwantibo, arctocebus calabarensis, golden potto - a kind of lemur
- bush baby, bushbaby, galago - agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
- indri, indri brevicaudatus, indri indri, indris - large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn
- avahi laniger, woolly indris - nocturnal indris with thick grey-brown fur and a long tail
belongs to: lemuroidea, suborder lemuroidea - Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii
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