title: Madagascar's lemurs.
abstract: These primates can tell us a great deal about our own evolutionary past. But many species are already extinct, and the habitats of those that remain are shrinking fast.
authors.affiliation: Department of anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, Tattersall.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tattersall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001835:Body Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002980:Climate; D004777:Environment; D007900:Lemur / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D008270:Madagascar; D010163:Paleontology; D011156:Population Density; D011323:Primates / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology