Lemur
['limɚ]
Definition
(noun.) large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails.
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Definition
(n.) One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo.
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Definition
n. a genus of mammals appearing to stand between the Insectivora and the monkeys forest dwellers mainly nocturnal in habits common in Madagascar.
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Examples
- Now look at the Galeopithecus or so-called flying lemur, which was formerly ranked among bats, but is now believed to belong to the Insectivora. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We find fossils in the Eocene of monkeys and lemurs, but of one particular creature we have as yet not a single bone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Among all the apes and monkeys, the only group that have their great toes developed on anything like the same fashion as man are some of the lemurs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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