Family LEMURIDAE

(BAMBOO, TRUE AND RUFFED LEMURS)

• Medium-sized to large prosimians with forelimbs slightly shorter than hindlimbs, elongated, tapering snout, eyes slightly laterally directed, rounded ears (some tufted), short, dense fur, and long tail.

• 60-120 cm.

• Madagascar.

• Dry, subhumid and humid primary and degraded forests, and dense bamboo and vines, reed beds, and papyrus marsh.

% 5 genera, 21 species, 25 taxa.

• 4 species Critically Endangered, 4 species Endangered, 9 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.