Mary Allen
Lemurs su ne primates. Don haka suna da alaka da birai da ma mu mutane. Akwai kimanin nau'in lemurs guda dari. Suna zaune kusan kawai a tsibirin Madagascar. Ana kuma samun nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan guda biyu kawai a Comoros, tsibiri da ke yammacin Madagascar. Don haka suna can.
Lemurs na iya bambanta sosai. Lemur linzamin kwamfuta, ɗan ƙaramin lemur, yana auna gram kaɗan kaɗan kuma baya girma fiye da inci shida. Mafi girma shine Indri. Ya girma kamar ƙaramin yaro idan ya girma.
Lemurs suna da gashi. Doguwar wutsiya mai kumbura ta kai tsayin jikinta. Suna da kusoshi a yatsunsu da yatsunsu. Haka kuma suna da faratun adon da suke amfani da su wajen gyaran gashin su. Hannun sun fi ƙafafu gajarta a yawancin lemurs. Ya bambanta da sauran primates, da kyar babu wani girman bambance-bambance tsakanin jinsin lemurs. A wasu nau'ikan, duk da haka, matan suna da launi daban-daban.
Lemurs galibi suna rayuwa ne a cikin bishiyoyi. Suna saukowa kasa lokaci-lokaci. Suna hawa da yawa suna tsalle daga bishiya zuwa bishiya don zagayawa. Wani lokaci kuma suna tafiya da ƙafafu huɗu. Yawancin lemurs sun fi aiki da dare. Da rana, suna gina gida daga ganyaye ko kuma su koma cikin ramukan bishiya da sauran wuraren ɓoye don yin barci.
Wasu lemurs masu ciyawa ne. Sun fi cin 'ya'yan itace da kuma shan Nectar daga furanni. Wasu kuma suna cin dabbobi, galibi kwari, gizo-gizo, da millipedes. Wani lokaci ƙananan kashin baya da ƙwai tsuntsaye suma suna cikin menu.
Lemurs suna rayuwa a rukuni kamar yawancin primates. Da kyar babu masu kadaici. A yawancin nau'ikan, maza da mata sun kasance masu aminci ga juna na dogon lokaci. Ciki a cikin lemurs yana tsakanin watanni uku zuwa shida. Lemurs ma'aurata ta yadda haihuwa ta faɗi a ƙarshen lokacin rani. Sa'an nan kuma yana da abinci mai yawa ga dabbobin matasa.
Yawancin nau'in lemurs suna barazanar bacewa. Babban dalili shine mutane. Yana lalata mazaunin lemurs a Madagascar. Ana kona dazuzzuka masu yawa don samar da damar noma. Wasu mutane kuma suna farautar lemo saboda ana yawan buƙatuwa.