The "'mongoose lemur "'( " Eulemur mongoz " ) is a small primate in the Lemuridae family, native to Madagascar and the Comoros Islands.
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Although all studies place Cheirogaleidae and Lepilemuridae as a sister clade to Indriidae and Lemuridae, some suggest that Cheirogaleidae and Lepilemuridae diverged first, while others suggest that Indriidae and Lemuridae were the first to branch off.
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Although all studies place Cheirogaleidae and Lepilemuridae as a sister clade to Indriidae and Lemuridae, some suggest that Cheirogaleidae and Lepilemuridae diverged first, while others suggest that Indriidae and Lemuridae were the first to branch off.
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Together with the twelve other true lemurs ( genus " Eulemur " ), the Collared Brown Lemur ( " E . collaris " ) is a type of lemur belonging to the family Lemuridae.
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However, other anatomical and developmental traits suggested that monkey lemurs might be more closely related to family Lemuridae, which include five genera of lemur, including the ring-tailed lemur ( " Lemur catta " ).
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From the 1970s to the 1990s, there have been suggestions that the ruffed lemurs might be related to indriids or a sister group to Lemuridae and Indriidae and that the bamboo lemurs are related to the sportive lemurs, but neither view is supported by molecular phylogeny.
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Because of concerns that Lemuridae might not be monophyletic, the family was later split; in 1982 Tattersall separated the Cheirogaleidae for the dwarf lemurs, mouse lemurs and relatives, and the Lepilemuridae for the sportive lemurs and bamboo lemurs ( including the greater bamboo lemur ).
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Genetic research does not support a close relationship between the sportive and koala lemurs and instead places the koala lemurs as a sister group to Lemuridae; therefore, the two are now placed in separate families ( Lepilemuridae for the sportive lemurs and Megaladapidae for the koala lemurs ).
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They are considered an " evolutionary enigma " in that they are the largest of the extant species in Lemuridae, yet exhibit reproductive traits more common in small, nocturnal lemurs, such as short gestation periods ( ~ 102 days ) and relatively large average litter sizes ( ~ 2 3 ).
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The crowned lemur is in the order of Primates as it possesses characteristics such as pseudo-opposable thumbs, binocular vision and is highly intelligent . " E . coronatus " shares with others of the family Lemuridae long and slender limbs, a slightly longer nose, a smaller brain and a'grooming comb'formed by the incisors and canine teeth.
