Lemuridae

The first primate was a Lemur and it’s a prosimian. The common name for lemurs is the Ring-tailed lemur. (Los Angeles website) The scientific name for Lemurs is Lemur for genus and L. catta for species. (edu) The family name is called Lemuridae. (edu) Lemurs are typically found in the wild of Madagascar. (edu) The habitat lemurs exploit the forest areas that contain trees and plants but their home is at risk due to humans disturbing their home. (edu) Lemurs eat fruits like watermelon but find themselves eating leaves and seeds, along with other plants that the forest can provide them. (LA) Physical characteristics go from their long tail with black and white rings that is actually longer than their body. Lemurs also have black patches around…

In the animal kingdom, there are species that carry visual markers for the primitive condition, shown by a common ancestor. In primates, this is noticed largely in suborder Strepsirrhini and they are lower primates. In this suborder, there are four families that I will be primarily focused on: Daubentoniidae, Lorisidae, Galagidae and Lemuridae. These species live in varied locations through Africa, Asia, and Madagascar. There are selective pressures their environment as documented by…

first primate I observed was the Orangutan, which belongs in the ‘Great Ape’ category. The pongo belongs to the ponginae family. What I saw was a large male, with flanges, he was a reddish orange, and alone. Male Orangutans can grow anywhere from 54” to 60”, and weigh up to 150 lbs to 300 lbs. And its sexual dimorphism is very high. He had no tail, but very strong, long arms. When I was observing Elka, he looked very sad, and reserved, it barely made any movements, and faced away from me, and…

with a captial letter and in italics (Varecia). Higher taxonomic levels (subfamilies, families, superfamilies, infraorders and suborders) usually have two forms: a In practice, typographical rules are rarely carved in stone. Books and journals have a ‘house style’ which tightly defines the typographic rules they use. The recommendations here are widely followed but you will encounter differences. 1 Page 11 of 21 Primate Taxonomy latinised form and an anglicised form. The latinised…

Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur) is the only species of the genus Lemur that belongs to the family Lemuridae (Groves & Eaglen, 1988). As described by Wilson and Hanlon (2010), this medium-sized strepsirrhine primate is recognized by the black and white rings around its long tail, and are found in the arid forests of southwestern Madagascar, where they move about mostly on the ground but are also partly arboreal (Wilson & Hanlon, 2010). Despite their seeming “abundance” because of their frequent…