Megaladapidae (family)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class) > Primates (order) > Lemuriformes (infraorder)
Descripción
Family containing one genus with at least ten species of nocturnal and predominantly arboreal primates from Madagascar, and one Holocene fossil genus. They were until recently placed in the Lemuridae family, but they are now believed to have a close relationship to the extinct giant lemur genus Megaladapis, which is in a separate family from other lemurs.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- sportive and koala lemurs [en]
- Lepilemuridae [en]