DURHAM, N.C. -- It’s quite possible that no one in the world has diagnosed, treated ... Whether it was a pregnant sifaka in for an ultrasound, a ring-tailed lemur with a limp, or an elderly dwarf ...
The pygmy mouse lemur is the smallest primate in the world. Its head and body are less ... Mouse lemurs sleep aloft during the day and forage at night for insects, fruit, flowers, and other ...
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 ...
Lemurs, they concluded, are the most endangered primates in the world. What are the main threats to the species? In a statement, Russ Mittermeier, from the charity Global Wildlife Conservation ...
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 ...