Fork-marked lemur

Fork-marked lemur

Order : Primates
Family : Cheirogaleidae
Subfamily : Phanerinae
Genus : Phaner

Facts about the genus Phaner, the fork-marked lemur

Comparing these results, it appears that Phaner is much more numerous in secondary forests but they do not appear to occupy zones without continuous forest canopies. (Full text)

The Fork-marked Lemur is a [CITIES-listed Endangered Species] (Full text)

The Fork-marked Lemur is very vocal, a mean of 30 loud calls an hour (emitted only by the males) have been counted in a radius of about 200 m in Marosalaza forest, olfactory signals appear to be much less important in this species than in other nocturnal prosimians (Charles-Dominique and Petter, 1980). (Full text)

  "Phanerozoic" – (“phaner” is like phaneritic igneous rocks) and implies larger and is so-named because life forms in this Eon were larger in both size and number than in previous Eons. (Full text)

An unusual feature of Phaner is caniforme upper first premolars, that is, the premolars are modified into a long canine-like structures (return to outline). (Full text)

The fork-marked lemur is currently on the World Conservation Union’s Red List of Threatened Species; the hairy-eared dwarf lemur is listed as critically endangered. (Full text)

lemur The fork-marked lemur is tree-dwelling, with large eyes that look forwards over a small, pointed nose. (Full text)

primate (zoology) The fork-marked lemur is tree-dwelling, with large eyes that look forwards over a small, pointed nose. (Full text)