Sloth lemur
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The sloth lemurs comprise an extinct family of lemurs that includes four genera. The common name can be misleading, as members of Palaeopropithecidae were not closely related to sloths. This clade has
Babakotia skull 001
Hunting scene depicting a human (far left) and a sloth lemur (centre left) alongside two hunting dogs (right) from Andriamamelo Cave in western Madagascar
Archaeoindris fontoynonti
Babakotia radofilai
Palaeopropithecus
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Palaeopropithecus is a recently extinct genus of large sloth lemurs from Madagascar related to living lemur species found there today. Three species are known, Palaeopropithecus ingens, P. maximus, an
Sloth lemur
…Primates Suborder: Strepsirrhini Superfamily: Lemuroidea Family: †Palaeopropithecidae Tattersall, 1973 Genera †Archaeoindris †Babakotia †Mesopropithecus †Palaeopropithecus The sloth lemurs (Palaeopropithecidae) comprise an extinct family of lemurs that includes four genera. The common name can be misleading, as members…
Palaeopropithecus maximus skull
P. maximus skull (National Museum of Natural History, Paris).
Artist's reconstruction of Palaeopropithecus ingens
Darwinius NT