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Mouse Lemur

Give birth to as many as 3 and transport babies via mouth if nests feel unsafe

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Dwarf Lemurs

Fat tail (store energy in tail), 6 months hibernation and they dont maintain temperature

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Forked lemurs

Fork stamped marking on head

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Sportive lemurs

small, nocturnal, arboreal & solitary and participate in cecotrophy

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Mongoose lemurs

eat nectar, single infants no nests and ringtails form

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Gentle lemurs

eat bamboo and form monogamous units

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indri lemur

largest lemur, diurnal

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Sifaka lemur

saltatory locomotion

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Wooly lemur

nocturnal

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Aye-aye

arboreal & nocturnal, middle finger largest to tap on trees to eat insects inside, quadrupedal locomotion

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bushbabies (galagoos)

Africa, rapid VCL, highly active

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True lorises

Potto loris (Africa), Slow loris (SE Asia), Slender loris (South Asia), slow movers via quadrupedal locomotion

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Tarsier

Carnivorous, nocturnal, 2 toilet claws.

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Callitrichids - Twins

Tamarins: Omnivores, Marmosets: gummivores

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Cebid

Nails, prehensile tails on few

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Owl monkey - Nocturnal

only nocturnal monkey, frugivorous, male helps mother with infant care

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Titi monkeys

diurnal, male helps mom with infant care and frugivorous

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Squirrel monkeys

Males fatten up before mating season, large multi gender groups, frugivorous

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Capuchins

Intelligent & dexterous, weak prehensile tails, omnivorous

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Howler monkey

large, folivorous, distinct loud call

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Muriqui

Largest NWM, restricted to Atlantic Forest, male-male relationship, compete via sperm comp

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Saki & Uakari

Sakis: Monog Uakari: Large multi m/f, tails not prehensile

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Cercopitheciners

Adaptable & Successful, gender size dimorphism, check pouch, Baboons, Guenon, Drills & Mandrills, Mangabeys, Gildan monkey

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Guenon

Africa, often mixed species

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Gruen monkey

Most adaptable in savannah, omnivorous

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Maraque

Found across Asia & North Africa, most widely distributed primate

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Gibbons

Monogamous, frugivores, brachiate

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Orangutan

SE Asia

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Gorilla

Africa, eat leaves

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Chimp

Africa, wage wars

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Bamboon

Africa