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Yes, it looked like a lemur, but I didn't realize they existed outside Madagascar
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Jan 19, 2020
here is what National Geographic has to say about lemurs:
"Lemurs are primates found only on the African island of Madagascar and some tiny neighboring islands."
Apparently, National Geographic is wrong, and you are right. Way to go, Willem! 
That's a really cute little guy (or gal), and you are lucky to have him (or her). We have nothing like that here. ;-(
As far as appearance is concerned, we have raccoons, which look a little bit like lemurs, because of fur and coloration....
Yes, it looked like a lemur, but I didn't realize they existed outside Madagascar
Willem Posted Jan 19, 2020
Hello again! Well actually the name 'lemur' first came to be applied by Linnaeus to three species: the Ring-tailed Lemur of Madagascar, the Slow Loris of Asia, and the Flying 'lemur' (now called a Colugo) also of Asia. 'Lemur' proper came to be used only for the lemurs of Madagascar; the lorises, pottos, angwantibos and bushbabies, though closely related, are no longer called 'lemurs'. The flying lemur is now considered to not be a primate, but a close relative.
Lemur-like primates did occur in America, from after the extinction of the dinosaurs to about 35 million years ago. For some reason they died out in North America. The monkeys now in South America might have not evolved from the lemur-thingies in North America, but descended from African monkeys 'rafting' over the ocean about 40 million years ago.
Yes, it looked like a lemur, but I didn't realize they existed outside Madagascar
Willem Posted Jan 19, 2020
Sorry the (non-avian) dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago, not 35!
Yes, it looked like a lemur, but I didn't realize they existed outside Madagascar
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 19, 2020
Our distant cousins! 
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