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LEMURS
Lemurs are a special kind of Primate that
are only found on the Island of Madagascar and on the
Comoro Islands to the North West.There are 55 species
and subspecies of living lemurs.
Lemurs tend to spend a lot of time in
the forests climbing around in trees or big bushes.
They can be found in very different habitats from the
lish rainforests to the dry desert, Smaller lemurs tend
to be active at night, but the larger kinds are active
during the daytime.
Lemurs mainly eat leaves and fruits. For
some of the smaller kinds that are active at night also
eat a lot of insects.
Lemurs exist in a variety of forms. The
smallest is the Pygmy Mouse Lemur which weighs only
about an ounce and the largest the Indri weighs around
15 pounds.
Before the arrival of people on Madagascar
there were many other kinds of Lemurs including one
which weighed as much as an adult Gorilla.
Many kinds of Lemurs are threatened by
the destruction of thier habitat which is mainly rainforest.
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