Comments on: Planet of the Lemur: 10 Beautiful Little-Known Species

By: Paige

Paige — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:57:33 +0000

I love lemurs! I am doing a report on lemurs in my music class and I know how most of the lemurs homes are being distroyed and how they are on the path of extinction.

By: Karen N

Karen N — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:00:49 +0000

Great article, the lemurs are adorable!
I’m going to have to bookmark this one. My kid’s love the pictures and will probably want to look at them all the time:)

By: Catherine South

Catherine South — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:55:56 +0000

Very interesting

By: thestickman

thestickman — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:38:39 +0000

Some of the cute little faces look very much like our ‘flying squirrels’ here in N. America…

Nice.

-thestickman

By: Eden Lemur

Eden Lemur — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:09:57 +0000

This is an interesting article! (Although some of the lemur photos aren’t of the species listed. In particular- The first ‘Golden Bamboo Lemur’ photo is actually a female Red-Fronted Brown Lemur. They look completely different. )
It’s great that you’re giving some lesser-known species some attention!
Another uncommon fact: As of July 26th there are EXACTLY 100 recognized species/subspecies of lemurs! Not only is the amount impressive, but it’s amazing how it happened to be an exact number!

Some of my favorite species are the Milne-Edwards Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi), Crowned Sifaka (Propithecus coronatus), Sanford’s Brown Lemur (Eulemur sanfordi), the common Black Lemur (Eulemur macaco macaco), and the Furry-Eared Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus crossleyi.

The lemur on Zoboomafoo is called a Coquerel’s Sifaka, by the way!
Oh, and as RJ Evans said, there are 2 species of lemurs found on the Comoros islands that were imported there on ships. There is the Mongoose Lemur, and the Mayotte Island Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus mayottensis).

Seeing this article gets me switched into lemur-nerd mode, haha!

By: Lost in Arizona

Lost in Arizona — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:01:38 +0000

My oldest daughter now loves this article. She watches a show called Zoboomafoo, which has a lemur in it. So I suspect now, that she’ll be asking to see the lemur “pictures” everyday now..lol.

By: Mc marxa

Mc marxa — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:57:48 +0000

irs look lkie a tarsier in bohol,philippines..

I hope you wtrie about cats.. heheh..

lol

By: RJ Evans

RJ Evans — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:47:10 +0000

Thanks, Ender – but you are not quite correct. They exist on the Comoros as well – though were imported by humans many centuries ago (it is thought!)

By: Ender

Ender — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:45:07 +0000

Just a word to add that lemurs only exist in Madagascar ^^

By: 禾草唐楷

禾草唐楷 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:02:43 +0000

so cute so lovly