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- ... that experiments have indicated that ruffed lemurs (pictured) can understand the outcome of simple arithmetic operations?
- ... that unlike most other lemurs, the collared brown lemurs do not demonstrate female dominance?
- ... that the gray mouse lemur is one of the smallest primates in the world, weighing only 60 grams (2.1 oz)?
- ... that between 2000 and 2008, 39 new species of lemur (ring-tailed lemur) were described in Madagascar, bringing the total number of recognized species and subspecies to 99?
- ... that the pied tamarin, an endangered primate of the Amazon basin, is being gradually displaced by the red-handed tamarin?
- ... ... that illegal logging in Madagascar has been an ongoing problem, which escalated after the 2009 Malagasy political crisis, threatening endangered species such as lemurs?
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