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Lemurs

Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

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1
Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
2
Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
3
A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

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