this discovery brings the number of known lemur species from 47 to 49. Many species have become extinct since humans first populated Madagascar about 1,500 years ago, and lemurs are considered the ...

Madagascar, where natural environments ... is smaller than the two known Palaeopropithecus species, but is very large in comparison with the largest living lemur, the Indri, which weighs only ...

Some species are highly endangered due to habitat loss and hunting. Madagascar lost its largest lemur species when humans arrived some 1500 years ago. Lemur species named after British comedian.

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- British researchers say they've confirmed a species of lemur living in Madagascar forests and believed to be new to science. Primate expert Russ ...

Biologists have discovered a new lemur species in Madagascar, thanks in part to the work of scientists from Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.The species is a type of dwarf lemur that was found in the ...

although Madagascar has been hit by cyclones over a much longer time period. We then placed a map of where lemurs live on top ...

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Many of Madagascar’s charismatic ... and a potentially high inbreeding in the lemur population of Betampona could affect the survival of this species at this site. Betampona is Madagascar ...

Scientists from the Henry Doorly Zoo in the US state of Nebraska said the new lemur species were found in forests on Madagascar’s east and west coasts, and that details of the discovery will be ...

Madagascar, nicknamed the “8 th Continent ... The finds bring the total number of known lemur species to 49. The first discovery was made when scientists analysed morphological, genetic ...

What is thought to be a new species of fork-marked lemur has been discovered in the forests of Madagascar. First spotted by the president of Conservation International, Russ Mittermeier ...