This subspecies is also found on the small island of Nosy Mangabe where it was introduced in the 1930s (J. Petter pers. comm. to Constable et al, 1985). Numbers are not known. The Black and White ...

Pollock (in litt.), however, considers it unlikely that the Grey Gentie Lemur will benefit from the destruction of the forests. H. g. griseus is confined to forests characterised by bamboo or bamboo ...

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 ...

Lemurs are primates found only on the African island of Madagascar and some tiny neighboring islands. Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found nowhere ...

There are now over 90 species of lemur, or sub-species, in Madagascar. No species of my linage, the simians. Over a vast sweep of time, 'the lemurs have diversified to fill all manner of different ...

Given the threat to lemurs in the wild, it is essential to determine how human-induced habitat change is affecting their health. In 2003 a survey on the health and disease ecology of wild ring-tailed ...

At 19, Tucker Meek bought a pet lemur named Gizmo for half off the original price of $5,000 and a bottle of Grey Goose Vodka. His stepfather knew the owner of a pet store in Lubbock, and although ...

Several species of lemur, the field hamster and a whale species have been added to the global Red List of Threatened Species. A total of 103 of the 107 lemur species are now threatened with ...