Sloth lemur
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Life restoration of a Large Sloth Lemur (Palaeopropithecus ingens) | |
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Family: | †Palaeopropithecidae
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The sloth lemurs (Palaeopropithecidae) is an extinct clade of lemurs that includes four genera.[1][2] Despite their common names, members of Palaeopropithecidae were not closely related to sloths but were closely related to the other lemur species.
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Mesopropithecus globiceps
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Phylogeny based on Horvath et al. (2008) and Orlando et al. (2008).[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Mittermeier, Russell A.; et al. (2006). Lemurs of Madagascar (2nd ed.). Conservation International. pp. 44–45. ISBN 1-881173-88-7.
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(help) - ^ Nowak, Ronald M. (1999). Walker's Primates of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 89–91. ISBN 0-8018-6251-5.
- ^ Gommery, D.; Ramanivosoa, B.; Tombomiadana-Raveloson, S.; Randrianantenaina, H.; Kerloc’h, P. (2009). "A new species of giant subfossil lemur from the North-West of Madagascar (Palaeopropithecus kelyus, Primates)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 3 (5): 471–480. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2009.02.001.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Horvath, J.E.; Weisrock, D.W.; Embry, S.L.; Fiorentino, I.; Balhoff, J.P.; Kappeler, P.; Wray, G.A.; Willard, H.F. et al. (2008). "Development and application of a phylogenomic toolkit: Resolving the evolutionary history of Madagascar's lemurs". Genome Research 18 (3): 490.
- ^ Orlando, L.; Calvignac, S.; Schnebelen, C.; Douady, C.J.; Godfrey, L.R.; Hänni, C. (2008). "DNA from extinct giant lemurs links archaeolemurids to extant indriids". BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 (121).