World Lemur Day – October 28

World Lemur Day – October 28

World Lemur Day is celebrated on the last Friday of October. The World Lemur Festival is celebrated around the world in the weeks surrounding the day. During the festival, it inspire people to love lemurs and to save them from extinction.

Lemurs are wet nosed primates and there are around 100 existing species. They are endemic to the island of Madagascar. Most existing lemurs are small, have a pointed snout, large eyes, and a long tail. They chiefly live in trees and nocturnal.

Lemur diets are highly variable that the smallest species primarily consume fruit and insects, while the larger species are more herbivorous, consuming mostly plant material. 

Lemurs share resemblance with other primates, but evolved independently from monkeys and apes. Due to Madagascar’s highly seasonal climate, lemur evolution has produced a level of species diversity rivaling that of any other primate group.

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