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Originally: the ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta. Subsequently: any of various lemurs and lemur-like primates. Cf. maki, n.1
A nectar-feeding lemur, Eulemur mongoz, of north-eastern Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Now only as mongoose lemur.
the ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta.