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One of a family Lemuridaelig 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...
VerbarMacaco
Any one of several species of lemurs as the ruffed lemur Lemur macaco and the ring tailed lemur Lemur catta...
VerbarKukang
The slow lemur See Lemur...
VerbarMacauco
Any one of several species of small lemurs as Lemur murinus which resembles a rat in size...
VerbarMaki
A lemur See Lemur...
VerbarMaucaco
A lemur applied to several species as the White fronted the ruffed and the ring tailed lemurs...
Colugo
A peculiar East Indian mammal Galleopithecus volans having along the sides connecting the fore and hind limbs a parachutelike membrane by means of which it is able to make long leaps like the flying squirrel called also flying lemur...
VerbarFeraelig
A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora Insectivora Marsupialia and lemurs but is now often restricted to the Carnivora...
Flying lemur
either of two nocturnal lemurlike mammals inhabiting the East Indies Cynocephalus variegatus or the Phillipines Cynocephalus volans having broad folds of skin between the fore and hind limbs on both sides of the body allowing them to make long gliding leaps they have been classed in the separate order Dermoptera They are arboreal and have become rare...
Galago
A genus of African lemurs including numerous species...
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