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Definition of lemur in English: lemurnoun ˈliːməˈlimər An arboreal primate with a pointed snout and typically a long tail, found only in Madagascar. Lemuridae and other families, suborder Prosimii; includes also the sifaka, indri, and aye-aye Compare with flying lemur Example sentencesExamples - There were rodents, bats, elephants and lemurs with pointed snouts and long tails.
- In other words, the movie implies that primates, like lemurs trace an evolutionary ancestry that goes back to the dinosaurs.
- Folly Farm staff are also delighted at the birth of two more ring tailed lemurs twins, also highly endangered, and prairie dog twins, all born around the same time and yet to be named.
- A year later, I became an external PhD student at the college, studying seed dispersal by lemurs in Madagascar.
- Primates including forest-dwelling ancestors of today's lemurs and tarsiers flourished in the trees.
- Primitive primates called lemurs fill the ecological roles of woodpeckers, squirrels and monkeys.
- Even endangered species, like Diana monkeys, lemurs, and gibbons, are for sale.
- It is a primate, close kin to the bushbabies of sub-Saharan Africa and the lemurs of Madagascar.
- Apart from those already mentioned there are zebras, camels, baboons, lemurs, sea lions, humboldt penguins, tapirs and meerkats.
- Till now, scientists thought the common ancestor of lemurs and lorises was a native of Africa, but the discovery in Pakistan suggests alternative scenarios.
- The lemurs of Madagascar are the surviving members of a lineage that has been genetically isolated from the rest of the primate family for at least 65 million years.
- Like much of Madagascar's wildlife, lemurs are under serious threats.
- One of the world's most diverse primates, lemurs range in size from a mouse to a medium-size dog.
- Catlike predators with long tails, fossas hunt everything from lemurs and mice to wild pigs.
- Here you'll see lemurs, those fascinating primates unique to Madagascar, as well as a variety of other rare creatures and plants.
- As its body weight increases by around 40 percent, the lemur's tail swells massively with stored fat reserves.
- The lake is home a troop of rare lemurs - a primate species indigenous to Madagascar.
- In addition, researchers know that some monkeys, lemurs, and other mammals also eavesdrop on neighboring species.
- The most famous of the island's animals are lemurs, large-eyed primates that leap through the trees.
- It's well known among primatologists that the number of males within a group of, say, baboons, chimpanzees, or lemurs is related to the number of females.
Origin Late 18th century: modern Latin, from Latin lemures ‘spirits of the dead’ (from its appearance or nocturnal habits). Rhymes beamer, blasphemer, Colima, creamer, dreamer, emphysema, femur, Iwo Jima, Kagoshima, Lima, oedema (US edema), ottava rima, Pima, reamer, redeemer, schema, schemer, screamer, seamer, Selima, steamer, streamer, terza rima, Tsushima Definition of lemur in US English: lemurnounˈlēmərˈlimər An arboreal primate with a pointed snout and typically a long tail, found only in Madagascar. Lemuridae and other families, suborder Prosimii; includes also the sifaka, indri, and aye-aye Compare with flying lemur Example sentencesExamples - In addition, researchers know that some monkeys, lemurs, and other mammals also eavesdrop on neighboring species.
- The lemurs of Madagascar are the surviving members of a lineage that has been genetically isolated from the rest of the primate family for at least 65 million years.
- Apart from those already mentioned there are zebras, camels, baboons, lemurs, sea lions, humboldt penguins, tapirs and meerkats.
- Primitive primates called lemurs fill the ecological roles of woodpeckers, squirrels and monkeys.
- The most famous of the island's animals are lemurs, large-eyed primates that leap through the trees.
- Even endangered species, like Diana monkeys, lemurs, and gibbons, are for sale.
- A year later, I became an external PhD student at the college, studying seed dispersal by lemurs in Madagascar.
- There were rodents, bats, elephants and lemurs with pointed snouts and long tails.
- In other words, the movie implies that primates, like lemurs trace an evolutionary ancestry that goes back to the dinosaurs.
- As its body weight increases by around 40 percent, the lemur's tail swells massively with stored fat reserves.
- Like much of Madagascar's wildlife, lemurs are under serious threats.
- It is a primate, close kin to the bushbabies of sub-Saharan Africa and the lemurs of Madagascar.
- One of the world's most diverse primates, lemurs range in size from a mouse to a medium-size dog.
- Folly Farm staff are also delighted at the birth of two more ring tailed lemurs twins, also highly endangered, and prairie dog twins, all born around the same time and yet to be named.
- The lake is home a troop of rare lemurs - a primate species indigenous to Madagascar.
- It's well known among primatologists that the number of males within a group of, say, baboons, chimpanzees, or lemurs is related to the number of females.
- Here you'll see lemurs, those fascinating primates unique to Madagascar, as well as a variety of other rare creatures and plants.
- Primates including forest-dwelling ancestors of today's lemurs and tarsiers flourished in the trees.
- Till now, scientists thought the common ancestor of lemurs and lorises was a native of Africa, but the discovery in Pakistan suggests alternative scenarios.
- Catlike predators with long tails, fossas hunt everything from lemurs and mice to wild pigs.
Origin Late 18th century: modern Latin, from Latin lemures ‘spirits of the dead’ (from its appearance or nocturnal habits). |