There are more than 20 species of mouse lemurs, and several have been identified only in recent years. This is a rarity in primate research, and illustrates just how much remains to be known about ...

Though lemurs are now endemic only to Madagascar, it is believed that lemur-like animals were found in Africa about 65-75 ...

And unlike with more familiar animals such as dogs and cats, horses and cows, there isn’t a lot of information on, say, proper nutrition for an aye-aye, or how to safely sedate a mouse lemur. Through ...

Brown Mouse Lemur, one of the 104 species of lemurs that are currently threatened with extinction. A total of 17 species of lemurs have gone extinct since humans arrived on Madagascar.

A new population of rare giant mouse lemurs was discovered in southwestern Madagascar’s Ranobe forest, WWF said. Last year during a night survey monitoring biodiversity along the gallery forest of ...

Russell A. Mittermeier Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur, one of the world's smallest primates, is Critically Endangered The update shows that 33 lemur species - primates unique to Madagascar - are now ...

If you've ever watched a nature documentary featuring lemurs — or the animated feature "Madagascar," with characters King Julien, Maurice and Mort — you have probably fallen in love with the ...

It is also home to several endemic dry forest species such as the giant jumping rat (not as bad as it sounds), narrow-striped mongoose and pygmy mouse lemur, along with more than 70 species of bird.

In 2003, a team of primatologists led by the University of Colorado Boulder trapped, tagged and released a male ring-tailed lemur in the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in Madagascar. The ...

from humpback whales to pygmy mouse lemurs, and even the mystical and deadly fossa. In episode one, the gang arrives in Madagascar and immediately heads out to track down some of the planet's most ...

By Malavika VyawahareRivonala Razafison ANDRANOTSIMATY, Madagascar — On a recent August afternoon, a conspiracy of golden-crowned sifakas frolicked their way across Andranotsimaty, a settlement inside ...

three lemur, four: Genetic study reveals the hidden diversity of Madagascar’s mouse lemurs One lemur, two lemur, three lemur, four: Genetic study reveals the hidden diversity of Madagascar’s ...