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Lemur

Mammal Genera

Lemur is a genus in the family Lemuridae containing a single living species, the ring-tailed lemur, the most internationally recognized lemur species owing to its long tail patterned with 12 or 13 white rings and 13 or 14 black rings ending in a black tip. It is a medium to larger sized strepsirrhine primate with a slender frame, narrow face and fox-like muzzle, and is endemic to southern and southwestern Madagascar, where it is endangered. It is omnivorous and the most terrestrially adapted of the extant lemurs.

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Living or Extinct
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Genus 2
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ2340126, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Lemur
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source
Wikidata: Lemur
Wikidata Q1192405, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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