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Lemur Survival

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There is no good reason why any lemur species should go extinct. Present-day lemurs, those that survived the first human onslaught on Madagascar, are small, unthreatening creatues. They are not major crop raiders; they don’t even offer much meat. They can live in small patches of forest, at population densities more like squirrels than apes or monkeys. Most are surprisingly adaptable. Even the ones we have not learned to breed in captivity live in a variety of forest types in the wild.

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  1. Zoological Society of San Diego, 92112, San Diego, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke M.D. (Trustee, Professor of Pathology and Reproductive Medicine) (Trustee, Professor of Pathology and Reproductive Medicine)

  2. University of California, 92093, La Jolla, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke M.D. (Trustee, Professor of Pathology and Reproductive Medicine) (Trustee, Professor of Pathology and Reproductive Medicine)

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Jolly, A. (1986). Lemur Survival. In: Benirschke, K. (eds) Primates. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4918-4_7

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