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mothernaturenetwork:

Lemurs are the world’s most threatened mammalsOver 90 percent of the world’s lemurs were upgraded to critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable on the IUCN’s Threatened Species list.

This is important. Lemurs are our cousins.

Lemurs are the world’s most threatened mammals
Over 90 percent of the world’s lemurs were upgraded to critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable on the IUCN’s Threatened Species list.

This is important. Lemurs are our cousins.

#animals #lemurs #endangered species #Madagascar #primate #conservation #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #iucn

∞ July 16, 2012 at 10:39am

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jorie-dupre:

Tarsier Skeleton on Flickr.

Those eye sockets!

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#animals #tarsier #skeleton #primate #queue

∞ July 14, 2012 at 02:59am

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funkysafari:

Red ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata rubra)

by Joel Sartore

“we didn’t do nuffin’”

#animals #lemur #primate #wildlife #queue

∞ July 11, 2012 at 03:45am

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samaralex:

by Mark Bridger

stop and smell the flowers

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#animals #monkey #wildlife #primate #flowers #nature #queue

∞ July 08, 2012 at 01:52am

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eximago:

Eyes of a Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).

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#animals #primate #orangutan #eyes #queue

∞ June 24, 2012 at 11:56am

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#animals #lemur #primate #wildlife #madagascar #queue

∞ June 15, 2012 at 10:50pm

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funkysafari:

Monkey Costa Rica
by Floyd Dean

#animals #monkey #primate #queue #wildlife

∞ June 14, 2012 at 07:51pm

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headlikeanorange:

The Mouse Lemur from Madagascar is not bigger than a human hand, making it the smallest primate. A dozen can share a tree hole to sleep in, which they leave during the night to find food. (Planet Earth - BBC)

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#animals #mouse lemur #lemur #madagascar #primate #queue #cute #nocturnal

∞ June 13, 2012 at 10:54pm

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christopher-edward:

One day I’d love to work with non-human primates.

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#animals #primate #ape #monkey #lemur #wildlife #nature #human #evolution

∞ June 10, 2012 at 08:53am

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jtotheizzoe:

scipsy:

Variability of brain size and external topography.

Photographs and weights of the brains of different species. Primates: human (Homo sapiens, 1.176 kg), chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes, 273 g), baboon (Papio cynocephalus, 151 g), mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx, 123 g), macaque (Macaca tonkeana, 110 g). Carnivores: bear (Ursus arctos, 289 g), lion (Panthera leo, 165 g), cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus, 119 g), dog (Canis familiaris, 95 g), cat (Felis catus, 32 g). Artiodactyls: giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis, 700 g), kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros, 166 g), mouflon (Ovis musimon, 118 g), ibex (Capra pyrenaica, 115 g); peccary (Tayassu pecari, 41 g). Marsupials: wallaby (Protemnodon rufogrisea, 28 g). Lagomorphs: rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus, 5.2 g). Rodents: rat (Rattus rattus, 2.6 g), mouse (Mus musculus, 0.5 g). (via Frontiers)

What the hell is going on with that rabbit brain? Huge olfactory bulb on the left (as in the rat and mouse, big smellers) and an inverted cerebellum on the right hanging off like a couple “brain eyes”.