Koala lemurs (Megaladapis edwardsi) measured up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) long and weighed about 187 pounds (85 kilograms), and were one of at least 17 giant lemur species that once lived on Madagascar.

They vary in size from those similar to the species found in Madagascar today - the only place in the world where lemurs survive - to the giant Megaladapis edwardsi, which weighed up to 165lbs.

These include recently extinct lemurs, including giant lemurs such as Megaladapis. "Megaladapis is a fascinating critter," Rosenberger says. "It's kind of like the koala bear lemur. It had a very ...

"With all living and extinct lemurs together in the same tree, we can begin to understand how evolution and extinction have worked in the past, and project risks to these primate species into the ...

What it eats: Fruits, flowers, nectar, tree sap and small insects Why it's awesome: Northern giant mouse lemurs may be tiny, but they have a striking trait: remarkably large testicles. The ...

Among them are specimens of Megaladapis, a big-nosed ... out the story that we’re telling about what happened to the giant lemurs and the associated fauna,” she said. It’s long been ...

Yale biologists have managed to extract and analyze DNA from giant ... the close relationship of sloth lemurs (Palaeopropithecus) to living indriids, but Megaladapis does not show a sister ...

A “bonanza” of remains from extinct giant lemurs has been discovered in a flooded cave in Madagascar, shedding light on the island’s unique ancient megafauna. Even though people have been ...

Jaw of a giant otter like creature that lived 30 million years ago. The Madagascar display at the DLC Museum shows the sloth The Lemur Center’s fossil collection was inaccessible to non-researchers ...

Northern giant mouse lemur has biggest testicles proportionally than any other primate Russell Mittermeier/creative commons The giant mouse lemur has the biggest testicles of all primates and if ...

A recently discovered lemur from Madagascar has the largest testes per body weight of any primate, new research finds. If the northern giant mouse lemur were the size of a human, its testes would be ...

These nocturnal lemurs, which are native to the forests of the Ampasindava peninsula in northwestern Madagascar, are around 10 inches (25 centimeters) long, excluding their tails. Only discovered ...