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{{Short description|Family of lemurs}} ...he Lemuriformes in Madagascar with one of the highest concentration of the lemurs. One of five families commonly known as [[lemur]]s, these animals were once ...

{{Short description|Extinct genus of lemurs}} ...enaina |first4=H. |last5=Kerloc'h |first5=P. |title=A new species of giant subfossil lemur from the North-West of Madagascar (Palaeopropithecus kelyus, Primates ...

...e = A new giant subfossil lemur, ''Babakotia'', and the evolution of sloth lemurs | journal = Folia Primatologica | volume = 58 | issue = 4 | pages = 197–203 ...i'') and other mammal species.<ref name="1989Wilson et al"/> The following lemurs are also recorded from the area: [[northern sportive lemur]] (''Lepilemur s ...

| range_map_caption = Subfossil sites for{{Clear}}''Archaeoindris fontoynontii''{{Sfn|Godfrey|Jungers|Burne ...us]]'', the second-largest type of sloth lemur. Along with the other sloth lemurs, ''Archaeoindris'' was related to the living [[indri]], [[sifaka]]s, and [[ ...

{{Short description|Extinct genus of lemurs}} ...=MittermeierLemurs>{{cite book | author = Mittermeier, Russell A.| title = Lemurs of Madagascar | edition = 2nd | pages = 46–49 | publisher = Conservation In ...

...=Lemuriformes|Although the [[Monophyly|monophyletic relationship]] between lemurs and lorisoids is widely accepted, their clade name is not. The term "lemuri {{See also|Evolutionary history of lemurs}} ...

...), and [[greater big-footed mouse]] (''Macrotarsomys ingens''). As well as lemurs the dry forests are home to the island's largest predator, the [[Fossa (ani ...fishing and [[invasive species]] impact the wetlands. Some species such as lemurs suffer from hunting.<ref name="Crowley2004-dry-forests"/> ...

|range_map=Plesiorycteropus subfossil range map.svg ...P.&nbsp;germainepetterae''. They probably overlapped in distribution, as [[subfossil]] remains of both species have been found in the same site. ...

...012.<ref name=lemurextinction>{{cite news|last=Black |first=Richard |title=Lemurs sliding toward extinction |newspaper=BBC News |date=13 July 2012 |url=https ...th PS |title=Phalangeal curvature and positional behavior in extinct sloth lemurs (Primates, Palaeopropithecidae) |journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. |vol ...

| name = Ruffed lemurs ...taxon|extant]] [[lemur]]s within the family [[Lemuridae]]. Like all living lemurs, they are found only on the island of [[Madagascar]]. Formerly considered t ...

...ct [[lemur]]s were [[Subfossil lemur|giant lemurs]] larger than the extant lemurs. ...[hypothetical species]]. They almost certainly existed but lack supporting subfossil remains.<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last=Hume |first=Julian |title=A sy ...

...s [[Étienne de Flacourt]] wrote in 1658.{{r|ley196608}} Its egg, live or [[subfossil]]ised, was known as early as 1420, when sailors to the Cape of Good Hope fo A giant [[subfossil]] eagle from [[Madagascar]], the [[Malagasy crowned eagle]] (''Stephanoaetu ...

...the ayeaye: A review|last1 = Sterling|first1 =E.J. |date = 2006|journal = Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptations|last2 = McCreless|first2 =E.E. |publisher = Gould ...[[extinct]] at some point within the last 1000 years, and is known from [[subfossil]] finds.{{Sfn|Nowak|1999|pp=533–534}} ...

An extinct relative of the fossa was described in 1902 from [[subfossil]] remains and recognized as a separate species, ''[[Cryptoprocta spelea]]'' ...have been required to take down larger [[subfossil lemur|recently extinct lemurs]].{{r|2009Luhrs}} ...

...''pondiky'', and ''vakiandry''. The gray mouse lemur and all other mouse lemurs are considered [[Cryptic species complex|cryptic species]], as they are nea Like all mouse lemurs, this species is [[Nocturnality|nocturnal]] and [[arboreal]]. It is very ac ...

...=Lemuriformes|Although the [[Monophyly|monophyletic relationship]] between lemurs and lorisoids is widely accepted, their [[clade]] name is not. The term ''l ...ometimes referred to as being "lemur-like", although the diversity of both lemurs and adapiforms does not support this comparison. ...

| name = Lemurs ...ey are [[Endemism|endemic]] to the island of [[Madagascar]]. Most existing lemurs are small, with a pointed snout, large eyes, and a long tail. They [[arbore ...

...ys grandidieri]]''), the [[giant fossa]], over a dozen species of [[giant lemurs]], the aardvark-like animal ''[[Plesiorycteropus]],'' and the crocodile ''[ ...Goodman|first1=Steven M. |year=1994 |title=Description of a new species of subfossil eagle from Madagascar: ''Stephanoaetus'' (Aves: Falconiformes) from the dep ...

...2009 |title=Dental microwear texture analysis of two families of subfossil lemurs from Madagascar |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004 ...

[[File:Ringtailed Lemurs in Berenty.jpg|left|thumb|The [[ring-tailed lemur]], one of the more than 1 ...the older timeframe and the soil chemistry on the continent, very little [[subfossil]] preservation evidence exists relative to elsewhere.<ref name="UniColorado ...