Lemur

See also: lemur, lémur, lèmur, and lemúr

Translingual

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Etymology

From Latin lemurēs (“spirits of the dead”). The name was originally given to the slender loris (then Lemur tardigradus) in 1754 by Carl Linnaeus. According to Linnaeus, the name was selected because of the nocturnal activity and slow movements of the slender loris. In 1758, Linnaeus added—among others—the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) to the genus Lemur. All other species, including the slender loris, were eventually moved to other genera. In time, the word became the colloquial name for all primates endemic to Madagascar.

Proper noun

Lemur m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lemuridae – the ring-tailed lemur.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Strepsirrhini - suborder; Lemuriformes - infraorder; Lemuroidea - superfamily; Lemuridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lemur catta - sole extant accepted species

Derived terms

• Altililemur
• †Archaeolemur
• Eulemur
• Hapalemur
• Lepilemur
• Otolemur
• Pachylemur
• Prolemur

References

• Ring-tailed lemur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lemur on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lemur on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lemur in Mammal Species of the World^[2] at Bucknell.

German

Alternative forms

• Lemure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈmuːɐ̯/

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Noun

Lemur m (weak, genitive Lemuren, plural Lemuren)

1. lemur (primate native to Madagascar)
2. (Roman mythology, in the plural) lemures (spirits or ghosts of the dead)

Declension

Declension of Lemur [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Lemur	die	Lemuren
genitive	eines	des	Lemuren	der	Lemuren
dative	einem	dem	Lemuren	den	Lemuren
accusative	einen	den	Lemuren	die	Lemuren

Further reading

• “Lemur” in Duden online
• “Lemur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Lemuren on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Larvae on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de