Something to Google today: mouse lemurs.
They weigh only about 50g and have big brown eyes. You may think you’re looking at a very cute rodent. You’re not.
Something to Google today: mouse lemurs.
They weigh only about 50g and have big brown eyes. You may think you’re looking at a very cute rodent. You’re not.
Despite their name, mouse lemurs are actually primates – and our evolutionary relatives.
“We share a few key features with mouse lemurs like bigger that average brains, similar hands and skeletal structure, and certain visual traits,” says Malcolm Ramsay. “That’s where it ends though. Lemurs, all 100-plus species of them, are incredibly unique and diverse.”
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