lemurs

noun

1. Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
2. Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
3. A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.