Lemurs form a sizeable group of primates, found only on the island of Madagascar. They are the oldest primate species and there are more than 100 species.

The are divided into 8 families which we will handle one by one. (there is some discussion as to where these lines should be and how many inferaforms there are (2-4) I will treat them as one, as it makes little difference to laying this out, I am going to put together this branch of the Primate family in this way – if a concensus for a different arrangement is reached, then at some point, I may well rewrite this page.

So firstly, 3 of the families have no living members (Archaeolemuridae, Megaladapidae and Palaeopropithecidae). That leaves 5 which we will now work through

Family Cheirogaleidae – the dwarf and mouse lemurs 42 species spread across 5 genera

Genus Cheirogaleus: dwarf lemurs