noun🔗ShareLémuresAny strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands."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.animalbiologynatureorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLémuresAny of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)."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.animalorganismbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLémuresA loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ."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.animalbiologyorganismnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading