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Article: Lemur species discovered by Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo researcher.(News From Zoos)(Brief Article)
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- Endangered Species Update
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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If the discovery of any new species is considered rare, then the discovery of two new species of primates is extraordinary. Dr. Edward Louis of Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo discovered two new species of lemurs that will be officially published in the December 2005 International Journal of Primatology. Lemurs are rare prosimians found only in Madagascar. Their decline has been exacerbated by the loss of approximately 27 million acres of forest cover in the last 20 years. About 70 species of lemurs have been identified to date. During the course of this project, Louis and his team of researchers took DNA samples from over 1,800 lemurs in the wild.
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