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Lemurs and other Strepsirrhines, often colloquially referred to as "wet-nosed" primates, in contrast, have long been believed to be solitary creatures, and it has often been suggested that other forms of social organization evolved later.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

Lemurs and lorises are the least related to humans among primates.

From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2023

Lemurs take care of infants unrelated to them.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Brinc donated 10 Lemurs to Ukrainian emergency services, and Resnick traveled to Poland in March with his team to give the Ukrainians the necessary two-day training in piloting the drones.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2022

The Lemurs lay him in the open grave.

From The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' by Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard)