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Red-tailed Sportive Lemur, Kirindy, Madagascar
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At night, these lemurs travel short distances from their daytime resting holes to forage sedately in the forest canopy. The resting metabolic rates of sportive lemurs are among the lowest of a mammal recorded so far. This may be an adaptation to their low-energy leaf diet.
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