These fascinating primates are native only to Madagascar (and a few surrounding small islands where they were probably introduced by humans).  They are allegedly unique among primates in that their social structure is matriarchal i.e. the female is dominant to the male ( I know a few human families like that!).

They range in size from the diminutive mouse lemur (less than 50 grams) to the largest surviving lemur, the indri weighing about 10 kilograms.

I cannot claim to have helpled these guys look good on camera. They are naturals. I suppose wild animals don’t have as many “hang-ups” as we do. They are beautiful creatures and worth every step we had to take through what was at times some pretty inhospitable terrain. On one occasion we were lucky enough to be standing beneath a troop of indris when they went into their erie territory claiming call which can be heard from as far as a few kilometres away. Truly awesome.

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