Archaeoindris
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Archaeoindris fontoynontii is an extinct giant lemur and the largest primate known to have evolved on Madagascar, comparable in size to a male gorilla. It belonged to a family of extinct lemurs known
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The skull of Archaeoindris was wide and short, with a pair of bony protrusions around the nasal openings (National Museum of Natural History, Paris).
Mandible and fragmentary maxillae of A. fontoynontii (1909)
Life restoration of Archaeoindris fontoynontii
Monkey lemur
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The monkey lemurs or baboon lemurs are a recently extinct family of lemurs known from skeletal remains from sites on Madagascar dated to 1000 to 3000 years ago.
Archaeoindris
…lemur. Along with the other sloth lemurs, Archaeoindris was related to the living indri, sifakas, and woolly lemurs, as well as the recently extinct monkey lemurs (Archaeolemuridae). The genus, Archaeoindris translates to "ancient indri-like lemur". Archaeoindris was first described by Herbert F. Standing in 1909…
Archaeolemur majori skulls
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