Sentences with phrase «dwarf lemur»
Only now it was possible to ascertain that the Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur is a distinct species.
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The newly described Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus lavasoensis) inhabits three isolated forest fragments in the extreme south of Madagascar.
Based on fieldwork and laboratory analyses, they now identified a previously unknown species of dwarf lemur.
The Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur is thus rare and extremely endangered.
Until recently, the only primate known to hibernate as a survival strategy was a creature called the western fat - tailed dwarf lemur, a tropical tree - dweller from the African island of Madagascar.
In a study appearing May 2 in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers report that two other little - known lemurs — Crossley's dwarf lemur and Sibree's dwarf lemur — burrow into the soft, spongy rainforest floor in the eastern part of Madagascar, curl up and spend the next three to seven months snoozing underground.
Somebody forgot to explain this to the fat - tailed dwarf lemur, a foot - long primate in Madagascar that hibernates even though winter temperatures there range into the 70s and 80s.
It's not just for winter: In tropical Madagascar, the fat - tailed dwarf lemur crawls into tree - holes and shuts down for an average of seven months to deal with a dearth of food and water during the dry season.