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ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) species of lemurs red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) red-ruffed lemur ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) Coquerel's sifaka crowned lemur Endemic flora and fauna of Madagascar. (Top) Thicket of members of the Didiereaceae family near the Mandrare River, southern Madagascar; (bottom) red-bellied lemur in the eastern Madagascar rainforest near Ranomafana.
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ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
species of lemurs
red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
red-ruffed lemur
ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus)
Coquerel's sifaka
crowned lemur
Endemic flora and fauna of Madagascar. (Top) Thicket of members of the Didiereaceae family near the Mandrare River, southern Madagascar; (bottom) red-bellied lemur in the eastern Madagascar rainforest near Ranomafana.
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