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lemurs

/ˈliːmɜːrz/

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Lémures

Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.

Examples :

"During our trip to Madagascar, we saw many playful lemurs swinging through the trees. "

Durante nuestro viaje a Madagascar, vimos muchos lémures juguetones balanceándose entre los árboles.

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Lémures

Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

Examples :

"The zookeeper showed the children the lemurs playing in their enclosure. "

El cuidador del zoológico mostró a los niños los lémures jugando en su recinto.

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Lémures

A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

Examples :

"While modern scientists now call them lorises, old books used to refer to these nocturnal primates as lemurs, a term that has since been updated in scientific classification. "

Si bien los científicos modernos ahora los llaman loris, los libros antiguos solían referirse a estos primates nocturnos como lémures, un término que desde entonces se ha actualizado en la clasificación científica.

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