Lemur

From Latin lemurēs (“spirits of the dead”). The name was originally given to the slender loris (then Lemur tardigradus) in 1754 by Carl Linnaeus. According to Linnaeus, the name was selected because of the nocturnal activity and slow movements of the slender loris. In 1758, Linnaeus added—among others—the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) to the genus Lemur. All other species, including the slender loris, were eventually moved to other genera. In time, the word became the colloquial name for all primates endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Lemur m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lemuridae – ring-tailed lemur.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Strepsirrhini - suborder; Lemuriformes - infraorder; Lemuroidea - superfamily; Lemuridae - family

• (genus): Lemur catta - sole extant accepted species

• Altililemur
• †Archaeolemur
• Eulemur
• Hapalemur
• Lepilemur
• Otolemur
• Pachylemur
• Prolemur

• Ring-tailed lemur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lemur on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lemur on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lemur in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

• Lemure

• IPA^(key): /leˈmuːɐ̯/

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Lemur m (weak, genitive Lemuren, plural Lemuren)

1. lemur (primate native to Madagascar)
2. (Roman mythology, in the plural) lemures (spirits or ghosts of the dead)

• “Lemur” in Duden online
• “Lemur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Lemuren on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Larvae on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de