Lemur
Lemurs make up the infraorder Lemuriformes and are members of a class of
primates known as
prosimians . This type of primate was considered the evolutionary predecessor of
simians: monkeys and apes, however this classification is not phylogenetically 'valid'. Three of the four
prosimians are in the suborder
Strepsirrhini, which is not the same suborder as monkeys and apes, suborder
Haplorrhini. The term "lemur" is derived from the
Latin word
lemures, meaning "spirits of the night," or "ghost(s)" and likely refers to the large, reflective eyes which many of the nocturnal lemur species have. The term is generically used for the members of the four lemuriform families, but it is also the genus of one of the lemuriform species, the
Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta). The two so-called
flying lemur species are not lemurs, nor are they even primates.
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Lemuriformes
Les lémuriformes (Lemuriformes) vivent tous à
Madagascar, île qu'ils ont colonisée en l'absence d'autres
primates, ni même
mammifères, plus évolués. On les classe en diverses
familles :
Lemuridae (lémuridés), comportant notamment le
lémur (ou maki).
Indriidae, aux membres postérieurs plus développés que les antérieurs (indri,
avahis,
sifakas).
Megaladapidae, famille représentée par le genre
Lepilemur.
Daubentoniidae : un seul
genre et une seule
espèce, l'
aye-aye.
Cheirogaleidae, de petite taille avec deux yeux exorbités et rapprochés
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