Brown Lemurs
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Lemur Macaco Fulvus

The Spanish translation for Lemur is Lemur

Home:    The forests of Madagascar

Food:  Flowers, fruit, leaves, insects, birds and eggs

Size (length with tail):  2 to 2.5 feet

Life Span:    18 years

Lemur Trivia:

• Lemurs live in troops of 4 to 15 lemurs.
  
  
• Lemur troops are led by the females.
  
  
• The Lemur scents allow the Lemurs to communicate with one another.
  
  
• The Lemurs large eyes allow them to see well in the dawn and dusk hours, when they are out and about.
  

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Our Meet the Animals section includes research from the following websites:

The Austin Zoo's website:  www.austinzoo.org.

Spanish translations courtesy of the Austin Zoo.

Rolling Hills Refuge Wildlife Conservation Center http://www.rhrwildlife.com/animbot.htm

The Birmingham Zoo  http://www.birminghamzoo.com/

The WWW Virtual Library: Zoos  http://zoonet.home.mindspring.com/www_virtual_lib/zoos.html

Photographs in Our Meet the Animals Section from PrintMaster Platinum v8.0 software.

Research on farm animals came primarily from  http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/

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