Lemur

See also: lemur, lémur, lèmur, and lemúr

Translingual edit

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Etymology edit

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.^[1]

Proper noun edit

Lemur m

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

Hypernyms edit

(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 edit

(genus): Lemur catta - sole extant accepted species

Derived terms edit

References edit

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.

^ A. R. Dunkel with J. S. Zijlstra and C. P. Groves (2011-2012) “Giant Rabbits, Marmosets, and British Comedies: Etymology of Lemur Names, Part 1”, in Lemur News‎^[1], volume 16, archived from the original on 6 November 2016, pages 64–70.

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Lemure

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /leˈmuːɐ̯/
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Noun edit

Lemur m (weak, genitive Lemuren, plural Lemuren)

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

Declension edit

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