Flexible diet may help leaf-eating lemurs survive deforestation

ScienceDaily
Apr 23, 2021, 2:13 pm91 pts
A new study sequencing the genome of four species of sifakas (Propithecus), a genus of lemurs found in Madagascar's forests, reveals that these animals' taste for leaves runs all the way to their genes, which are also more diverse than expected for an endangered species. But they can also thrive on fruit and…

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