TITLE

Looking for Lemurs

PUB. DATE

September 2005

SOURCE

Scholastic News -- Edition 4;9/26/2005, Vol. 68 Issue 4, p3

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

This article reports on the discovery of two new lemur species in Madagascar, as of September 2005. The first species is called Goodman's mouse lemur. It is about the size of a mouse. The second species, named Mirza zaza, weighs less than a pound. Many lemurs are nocturnal.

ACCESSION #

18324618

Tags: LEMURS;  ANIMAL species;  ANIMALS -- Classification;  PRIMATES

 

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