Portal:Primates/Did you know/1

... that experiments have indicated that ruffed lemurs (pictured) can understand the outcome of simple arithmetic operations?
... that unlike most other lemurs, the collared brown lemurs do not demonstrate female dominance?
... that the gray mouse lemur is one of the smallest primates in the world, weighing only 60 grams (2.1 oz)?
... that between 2000 and 2008, 39 new species of lemur (ring-tailed lemur) were described in Madagascar, bringing the total number of recognized species and subspecies to 99?
... that the pied tamarin, an endangered primate of the Amazon basin, is being gradually displaced by the red-handed tamarin?
... ... that illegal logging in Madagascar has been an ongoing problem, which escalated after the 2009 Malagasy political crisis, threatening endangered species such as lemurs?

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