Portal:Primates/Did you know/1


 * ... that experiments have indicated that ruffed lemurs (pictured) can understand the outcome of simple arithmetic operations?
 * ... that unlike most other lemurs, the collared brown lemurs do not demonstrate female dominance?
 * ... that the gray mouse lemur is one of the smallest primates in the world, weighing only 60 g?
 * ... that between 2000 and 2008, 39 new species of lemur (ring-tailed lemur) were described in Madagascar, bringing the total number of recognized species and subspecies to 99?
 * ... that the pied tamarin, an endangered primate of the Amazon basin, is being gradually displaced by the red-handed tamarin?
 * ... ... that illegal logging in Madagascar has been an ongoing problem, which escalated after the 2009 Malagasy political crisis, threatening endangered species such as lemurs?

Verify:
 * 1) (17 October 2008)
 * 2) (4 February 2009)
 * 3) (8 April 2009)
 * 4) (13 May 2009)
 * 5) Nov. 29, 2008
 * 6) (22 February 2010)