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Callithrix flavicepsLC

Callithrix flaviceps

Callithrix flaviceps,Yellow-crowned tamarin

PrimatesNo verification information

The yellow-crowned marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps) is a species of marmoset endemic to Brazil.Yellow-crowned marmosets eat fruits,···

Rio Acari marmosetsLC

Rio Acari marmosets

Rio Acari marmosets

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The Rio Acari marmosets is one of seven new species of monkeys discovered in the Amazon between 1999 and 2009. Currently, resident···

Callimico goeldiiLC

Callimico goeldii

Callimico goeldii

PrimatesNo verification information

The scientific name of the ring-tailed monkey is Callimico goeldii, which is a rare small monkey.Ring-tailed monkeys live in group···

Propithecus verreauxiLC

Propithecus verreauxi

Propithecus verreauxi

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The scientific name of Verreauxi's crowned lemur is Propithecus verreauxi, and there is no subspecies.Verreauxi's crowned ···

Propithecus diademaLC

Propithecus diadema

Propithecus diadema

PrimatesAbout 18 years

The scientific name of the crowned lemur is Propithecus diadema. It is a tree-dwelling animal with a sense of territory. It lives ···

Propithecus candidusLC

Propithecus candidus

Propithecus candidus

PrimatesNo verification information

The scientific name of the velvet crown lemur is Propithecus candidus. It lives in groups and starts foraging at dawn. Its main fo···

Indri indriLC

Indri indri

Indri indri,Prolemur

PrimatesAbout 9 years

The giant lemur (scientific name Indri indri) is the only species in the giant lemur genus.The giant lemur is mainly arboreal, but···

Lepilemur leucopus,LC

Lepilemur leucopus,

Lepilemur leucopus,White-footed monkey, boxing monkey,White-footed ferret lemur

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The scientific name of the white-footed ferret lemur is Lepilemur leucopus, which belongs to the lowest primitive monkey. It has e···

Microcebus marohitaLC

Microcebus marohita

Microcebus marohita,Marohita Mouse Lemur

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Marohita Mouse Lemur (scientific name: Microcebus marohita) is also known as Marohita Mouse Lemur. It has no subspecies. Its speci···

Microcebus margotmarshaeLC

Microcebus margotmarshae

Microcebus margotmarshae,Margot Marsh's Mouse Lemur

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Margot Marsh's Mouse Lemur (scientific name: Microcebus margotmarshae) is a small lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has no subsp···

Microcebus mamiratraLC

Microcebus mamiratra

Microcebus mamiratra,Claire's Mouse Lemur

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Claire's Mouse Lemur (scientific name: Microcebus mamiratra), foreign name Claire's Mouse Lemur, no subspecies. Specific h···

Microcebus macarthuriiLC

Microcebus macarthurii

Microcebus macarthurii,MacArthur's Mouse Lemur

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MacArthur's dwarf lemur (scientific name: Microcebus macarthurii), foreign name MacArthur's Mouse Lemur, no subspecies.The···

Microcebus lehilahytsaraLC

Microcebus lehilahytsara

Microcebus lehilahytsara,Goodman's Mouse Lemur

PrimatesAbout 5 years

Goodman's Mouse Lemur (scientific name: Microcebus lehilahytsara) is called Goodman's Mouse Lemur in English. There is no ···

Microcebus jollyaeLC

Microcebus jollyae

Microcebus jollyae,Grey-brown Mouse Lemur

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Jolly's dwarf lemur (scientific name: Microcebus jollyae) is also known as Grey-brown Mouse Lemur. The name of this species is···

Microcebus gerpiLC

Microcebus gerpi

Microcebus gerpi,Gerp's Mouse Lemur

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Gerp's Mouse Lemur (Microcebus gerpi) is a new species discovered in 2012, and little is known about its behavior, communicati···

Microcebus danfossiLC

Microcebus danfossi

Microcebus danfossi

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Microcebus danfossi (Microcebus danfossi) is an arboreal lemur that usually lives in pairs near streams or rivers. It feeds mainly···

Microcebus bongolavensisLC

Microcebus bongolavensis

Microcebus bongolavensis,Bongolava Mouse Lemur

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Bongolava dwarf lemur (scientific name: Microcebus bongolavensis) is also known as Bongolava Mouse Lemur in English. Its specific ···

Microcebus arnholdiLC

Microcebus arnholdi

Microcebus arnholdi,Arnold's dwarf lemur

PrimatesAbout 15 years

Arnold's dwarf lemur (scientific name: Microcebus arnholdi) lives in trees and groups, usually about 30 pairs living by stream···

Apus pacificusLC

Apus pacificus

Apus pacificus,Fork-tailed Swift

Climbing birds

White-rumped swifts are summer migratory birds. They migrate here in spring from April to May. They migrate away in autumn from Se···

Cheirogaleus minusculusLC

Cheirogaleus minusculus

Cheirogaleus minusculus,Lesser gray mouse lemur

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The small iron-gray mouse lemur (scientific name: Cheirogaleus minusculus) is active during the day or at night, eating insects, f···

Perodicticus pottoLC

Perodicticus potto

Perodicticus potto,West African Potto、Western Potto

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West African Potto (scientific name: Perodicticus potto) is also known as West African Potto and Western Potto. The 2008 IUCN Red ···

Perodicticus ibeanusLC

Perodicticus ibeanus

Perodicticus ibeanus,East African Potto, Eastern Potto

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East African Potto (scientific name: Perodicticus ibeanus) is called East African Potto and Eastern Potto in foreign languages. Th···

Perodicticus edwardsiLC

Perodicticus edwardsi

Perodicticus edwardsi,Milne-Edwards's Potto、 Central Potto

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Central African Potto (scientific name: Perodicticus edwardsi), also known as Milne-Edwards's Potto and Central Potto in forei···

Loris tardigradusLC

Loris tardigradus

Loris tardigradus,Red Slender Loris、 Slender Loris、 Sri Lanka Slender Loris、 Sri Lanka Wet zone Slender Loris

PrimatesAbout 12 years

The red loris (scientific name Loris tardigradus), whose foreign names are Red Slender Loris, Slender Loris, Sri Lanka Slender Lor···

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