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Hapalemur

Mammal Genera

Hapalemur, the bamboo lemurs or gentle lemurs, is a genus of six species in the family Lemuridae, living exclusively on Madagascar. Named for their diet, bamboo lemurs prefer damp forests where bamboo grows and are primarily arboreal, with grey brown fur that varies by species, short muzzles and round hairy ears, ranging from 26 to 46 centimeters in length and weighing up to 2.5 kilograms.

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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 contributorsQ544028, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Bamboo lemur
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source
Wikidata: Hapalemur
Wikidata Q544028, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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