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| Lemuridae | |
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| Common brown lemur (E. fulvus), female with juvenile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Superfamily: | Lemuroidea |
| Family: | Lemuridae Gray, 1821[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Lemur Linnaeus, 1758
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| Genera | |
Lemuridae is a family of strepsirrhine primates native to Madagascar and the Comoros. They are represented by the Lemuriformes in Madagascar with one of the highest concentration of the lemurs. One of five families commonly known as lemurs. These animals were once thought to be the evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes, but this is no longer considered correct.[3] They are formally referred to as lemurids.
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 114–117. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Shumaker, Robert W.; Beck, Benjamin B. (2003). Primates in Question. Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 978-1-58834-176-1.