The sloth lemurs (Palaeopropithecidae) comprise an extinct family of lemurs that includes four genera. The common name can be misleading, as members of...
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families of giant lemur, including the Palaeopropithecidae (sloth lemurs), Megaladapidae (koala lemurs), and Archaeolemuridae (monkey lemurs). Two other types...
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Archaeoindris (category Lemur genera)
lemurs known as "sloth lemurs" (Palaeopropithecidae) and, because of its extremely large size, it has been compared to the ground sloths that once roamed...
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Palaeopropithecus (redirect from Large Sloth Lemur)
Palaeopropithecus is a recently extinct genus of large sloth lemurs from Madagascar related to living lemur species found there today. Three species are known...
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1.3.32.1.3.3. Indriids, sportive lemurs, the aye-aye, and the extinct sloth lemurs, monkey lemurs, and koala lemurs have reduced dentitions, having lost...
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Babakotia (category Lemur genera)
known as the sloth lemurs. The name Babakotia comes from the Malagasy name for the indri, babakoto, to which it and all other sloth lemurs are closely...
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deadly sins Ground sloth, an extinct mammal of the Americas Sloth bear, a bear of India Sloth lemur, an extinct lemur Sid the Sloth, a character in the...
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Mesopropithecus (category Lemur genera)
with Palaeopropithecus, Archaeoindris, and Babakotia, it is part of the sloth lemur family (Palaeopropithecidae). Once thought to be an indriid because its...
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List of lemuroids (redirect from List of lemurs)
subfossil lemur was Archaeoindris fontoynonti, a giant sloth lemur, which weighed more than a modern female gorilla. The extinction of the largest lemurs is...
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ground sloth lemur †Palaeopropithecus (G. Grandidier, 1899) - tree sloth lemurs †Palaeopropithecus maximus (Standing, 1903) - central sloth lemur †Palaeopropithecus...
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Lemurs, primates belonging to the suborder Strepsirrhini which branched off from other primates less than 63 million years ago, evolved on the island of...
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Hadropithecus (category Lemur genera)
predator. The monkey lemurs are considered to be most closely related to the living indriids and the recently extinct sloth lemurs, although recent finds...
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relatively rare lemur, based on a lower number of subfossils recorded. Similar to the sloth lemur, Hadropithecus was a large, slow, specialized lemur, that grazed...
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led to the discovery of a new species of Mesopropithecus, a type of sloth lemur. Three species—one mammal and two reptiles—were named after him, although...
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(Lepilemuridae for the sportive lemurs and Megaladapidae for the koala lemurs). The sloth lemurs (Palaeopropithecidae) and monkey lemurs (Archaeolemuridae) were...
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reached the size of orangutans. The eight sloth lemurs show evolutionary convergence with the South American sloths; Palaeopropithecus was chimpanzee-sized...
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flying fox Pteropus pilosus Andersen, 1908 Chiroptera 1874 1 Palau Large sloth lemur Palaeopropithecus ingens Grandidier, 1899 Primates 1620 1 In green Aurochs...
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(right) compared to eggs of extant bird species. Skeleton of Edwards' koala lemur. Skeletal mounts of various moa species (1868). Depiction of a live dodo...
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(three-toed sloths) Genus Bradypus Pygmy three-toed sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus Brown-throated sloth, Bradypus variegatus Pale-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus...
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subfossils of the following lemurs have been found at Ankarana: greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus), indri (Indri indri), the sloth lemur (Babakotia radofilai)...
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List of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene (section Sloth lemurs (family Palaeopropithecidae))
1662, was endemic to Mauritius. All 17 extinct lemurs were giant lemurs larger than the extant lemurs. The subfossil remains of certain avian orders are...
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lemurs, including the monkey lemurs, sloth lemurs, and koala lemurs. "Conservation of Lemurs" details the threats lemurs face, such as habitat destruction...
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as well as African penguins, red pandas, green anacondas, two-toed sloths, lemurs, meerkats, Bactrian camels, plains zebras and Brazilian tapirs.[citation...
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restoration Teratornis restoration Restoration of Palaeopropithecus, a sloth lemur Stegodon restoration American cheetah restoration The phenomenon was...
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Ampasambazimba (category Subfossil lemurs)
(Itasy) most known for being the site of the remains of the extinct giant sloth lemur Archaeoindris. Ampasambazimba is located at 1,036 meters above sea level...
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(October 1997). "Phalangeal curvature and positional behavior in extinct sloth lemurs (Primates, Palaeopropithecidae)". Proceedings of the National Academy...
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EX (PH) Megaladapis grandidieri EX (PH) Family: †Palaeopropithecidae (sloth lemurs) Genus: †Archaeoindris Archaeoindris fontoynonti EX (PH) Genus: †Babakotia...
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List of Madagascar (franchise) characters (redirect from Mort the lemur)
lemur who is the maternal uncle of King Julien XIII. As Julien XIII's predecessor, Julien XII is a lazy, strict, paunchy, cowardly, and older lemur....
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members of the primate order.[citation needed] In 2022 she published The Sloth Lemur's Song. From 1994 until 2002, she was Provost of Yale University with...
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S. (1997). "Phalangeal curvature and positional behaviour in extinct sloth lemurs (Primates, Palaeopropithecidae)". Proceedings of the National Academy...
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