Lemurs are the most primitive monkeys. Although its body shape, hands and feet are like monkeys, its face is like a fox and a dog. The segment-tailed lemur, also known as the ring-tailed lemur, is a primate, Lemur family, Lemur Catta, scientific name Lemur Catta, no subspecies. They have a beautiful long tail with black and white links. So what kind of living habits do they have?

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They like to bask in the sun, and they arch their backs when sunbathing, much like a squirrel, stretching out their arms and legs to enjoy the warmth of the sun. It turns out that they are very afraid of the cold, and often a few gather their tails around themselves and their companions, and it is impossible to tell which tail belongs to which one. They are mild-mannered and clean, and use their claws for grooming and grooming every day. For a segment-tailed lemur, being born a male is doomed to be a second-class citizen all its life. In the festival-tailed lemur society, the supremacy of women and children is a law that cannot be violated. From another point of view, the segment-tailed lemur is also unusual. They belong to the order of primates, one of the direct ancestors of humans.

The smallest species of lemur is called the mouse lemur, and some are only a few inches long. They are used to living in trees and are active at night. In the dry and hot season, mouse lemurs sleep for a long time and don’t eat for a few weeks. However, before sleeping for a long time, they should eat as much as possible to store up fat, and then slowly absorb it into the body when they are on a hunger strike. Go to the various ministries and organizations to maintain life.

The least common of the lemurs is a tarsier, which is about the size of a mouse. They live in bamboo forests and live a night life. A long tail is bare except for a tuft of hair at the tip of the tail. The eyes are very big, and the round ones seem to be wearing a pair of glasses, so they are called tarsier monkeys. Disc-like things grow on its fingers and toes, so it can crawl on slippery surfaces.

In this class of very low-level monkeys, there is also a species called Pinus monkeys. It lives in the dense forests of Madagascar. They eat insects and especially like to eat sugarcane juice. They are often seen in sugarcane fields at night. The fingers of the piny-fingered monkey are extremely thin, especially the middle finger, which is only as thick as monkey silk. Such slender fingers can be useful, and can dig insects out of small holes in the bark to eat. I also eat eggs and hard nut shells. When I eat them, I bite them open with my teeth, hold them with one hand, and then use this very thin finger to go in and dig out the contents to eat. The speed of digging is extremely fast. .

In addition, the weasel lemurs produced near Madagascar are smaller than ordinary lemurs, with a body length of about 25 cm and a tail that is the same length as the body. Big eyes, naked nose, brown body hair. The northern species is gray in color; the southern species is lighter; the two species on the east bank are darker in color and larger in size, with a body length of about 30 cm and a slightly shorter tail. Weasel lemurs have a special digestive system that allows them to re-eat their feces and absorb their nutrients in the cecum. This cecal-absorbing animal is extremely rare in primates. Weasel lemurs are nocturnal monkeys (with the exception of Nosypi weasel lemurs). During the day, when the weather is very hot, they sleep in the shade of tree ledges and branches, and come out to feed at night. Different from most nocturnal animals, weasel lemurs do not eat animal food such as insects, but mainly eat leaves, flower buds and other plants.