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Wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea
- Lemurs (/ ˈliːmər / ⓘ LEE-mər) (from Latin lemures – "ghosts" or "spirits") are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea (/ lɛmjʊˈrɔɪdiə / lem-yuurr-OY-dee-ə), divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species.
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Lemurs (/ ˈ l iː m ər / ⓘ LEE-mər) (from Latin lemures – "ghosts" or "spirits") are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea (/ l ɛ m j ʊ ˈ r ɔɪ d i ə / lem-yuurr-OY-dee-ə), divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species.
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The “ true lemurs” (family Lemuridae) include five genera and about 20 species. The best known of these is the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), commonly seen in zoos. It is unique both in its habitat (some dry and rocky areas of Madagascar) and for its striped tail (all other lemurs have solid-coloured tails).
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Lemures, in Roman religion, wicked and fearsome spectres of the dead. Appearing in grotesque and terrifying forms, they were said to haunt their living relatives and cause them injury. To propitiate these ghosts and keep them from the household, ritual observances called Lemuria were held yearly on.
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The Lemur Family Tree. Lemurs belong to the Primate order, along with monkeys, apes, and humans. Within that order, they share a suborder called Strepsirrhini (meaning “curled nose”) with relatives like lorises and bush babies.
Lemures definition: ghosts, especially those of a family’s dead, considered troublesome unless exorcised or appeased, as during the annual festival of Lemuralia.. See examples of LEMURES used in a sentence.
The lemures / ˈ l ɛ m j ə r iː z / were shades or spirits of the restless or malignant dead in Roman religion, and are probably cognate with an extended sense of larvae / ˈ l ɑːr v iː / (from Latin larva, 'mask') as disturbing or frightening.
Lemur is the common name for any of the prosimian primates belonging to the infraorder Lemuriformes, which comprises the families Lemuridae (lemurs), Lepilemuridae (sportive lemurs), Indriidae (woolly lemurs), and Cheirogaleidae (dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs).
