Sentences with phrase «new lemur»

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Every now and then we stumble upon a new species of lemur in an obscure jungle or an exotic bacterium in a deep - sea vent, but at this point we are unlikely to discover something truly astonishing, like dinosaurs dwelling in a secluded cavern.

Leaping lemurs: Two new species of the most ancient primate known bring the total number of lemur species to around 70.

At least twenty - five plants and animals observed during the survey are new records for Penang or peninsular Malaysia, including the Sunda colugo or flying lemur, the red giant flying squirrel, the long - tailed giant rat, the Indomalayan niviventer, the lesser mouse deer, and species of ground squirrels, birds, bacteria, bats, ants, orchids, flies, frogs, mosquitoes, and microscopic water bears.

Biologists have discovered two new species of lemur, endangered primates that are ancestral to monkeys and apes, and that exist now only on the island.

After their divergence from New World monkeys such as lemur, Old World monkey Dazl duplicated and gave rise to DAZ [55].

Alas we still have to put up with the Indian accented lemur leader who is painfully unfunny still but we also have some good new additions.

Opening April 4th, the exciting new IMAX 3D documentary, «Island of Lemurs: Madagascar,» takes audiences on a spectacular journey to the remote and wondrous world of Madagascar, where lemurs arrived millions of years ago as...

Theodore Bouloukos talks with Eric Singer, founder of LEMUR at the Editions / Artists» Book Fair Opening Night Gala in New York

But the good news for tropical forests was tempered by developments including Indonesia announcing its intentions to open up more than 2 million hectares of carbon - dense peatlands to old palm development; the collapse in law enforcement in Madagascar, contributing to an explosion of commercial timber (and lemur) harvesting in that country's spectacular rainforest parks; a breakdown at the RSPO meeting over efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil production; violent conflict in Peru between government security forces and indigenous groups over land rights and resource extraction; massive foreign land acquisitions in the Congo Basin; dodgy REDD dealings in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea; and large - scale expansion of oil palm agriculture in the Amazon.

Conservationists have found populations of the greater bamboo lemur in new areas of Madagascar.