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He said the babies would stay at the zoo for a number of years and "learn from mum and dad how to be a lemur."

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

The impact of predation -- combined with low reproductive rates and potentially high inbreeding of the lemur population of Betampona -- could affect the survival of this species at this site, researchers said.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024

Not giving up easily, the lemur raises its distinctive black-and-white banded tail and dashes away.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

Although humans don’t naturally hibernate, the ability is found in species from nearly every mammalian lineage, from Madagascar’s fat-tailed dwarf lemur to the arctic ground squirrel.

From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023

Pantalaimon was a lemur, with the biggest eyes he could manage, clinging to Lyra’s shoulder, pressing himself into her fog-pearled hair, peering all around and seeing no more than she did.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

As an ecologist who has studied chimpanzees and lemurs in the field in Uganda and Madagascar, I am fascinated by the environments that shaped our primate ancestors.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

There’s a charity called Monkeys Without Borders, led by a woman who has “changed her name to Xotica Lemur, even though lemurs are not monkeys.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

You’ll find everything from red pandas to critically endangered black-and-white ruffed lemurs.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2026

Owls and lemurs rotate their necks to look around.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2025

There were great elk in that wood, and spotted tigers, and lemurs with silver fur and huge purple eyes, but all fled before the approach of the khalasai and Dany got no glimpse of them.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin