How to Use lemur in a Sentence

lemur

noun
  • The theft of a beloved lemur revealed the thief behind a string of break-ins.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 24 Dec. 2019
  • What happens when a sloth, lemur, and miniature pig walk into a room?
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2018
  • Elephants get two hours per day, while mouse lemurs spend more than 15 hours in shut-eye.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 25 June 2026
  • It has been observed in at least 51 species from small lemurs up to bigger apes.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The forests adjacent to Ankarana are filled with lemurs, lizards, snakes and birds.
    — Tom Downey, WSJ, 18 July 2018
  • When night falls, gray mouse lemurs emerge from tree hollow dens to feed on insects, flowers and fruit.
    — Rowan Moore Gerety, Scientific American, 12 July 2019
  • The first player to move three out of their four lemurs to a secure location wins.
    — Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The video then cuts to the lemur running and jumping around their kitchen, causing a ruckus in their house.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 24 June 2025
  • Police helped contain the lemur until zoo staff was able to collect him.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The lemur was left in the same plastic container with two notes attached.
    — Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The blue-eyed black lemur is unique for more reasons than just being endangered.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Harpt placed bits of banana in the gift boxes for the ruffed lemur and the golden lion tamarins.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2017
  • James caught a glimpse of the furry fugitive and exclaimed, ‘There’s a lemur!
    — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Madagascar was once home to giant lemurs that could weigh as much as 350 pounds.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2017
  • The team designed an experiment using brown lemurs in pairs and groups of three.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The lemurs have to be saved from the unseen fossa, a natural predator.
    — Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, 11 Apr. 2018
  • As many as 17 percent of deaths in some lemur species result from lethal violence.
    — National Geographic, 28 Sep. 2016
  • The zookeepers said Bayraktar, a baby lemur, has grown slightly since the siege.
    — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022
  • And Sauther and her colleagues witnessed the forest cats stalking lemurs.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Joined by a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog, the cat embarks on a perilous journey by boat in search of dry land.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Eventually the lemur slows down and the officers scoop it up in a towel.
    — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Four black-and-white ruffed lemurs, the first of their species born at the zoo in more than 30 years, were born March 7.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
  • Lemurs are found only on Madagascar off the southeast coast of Africa.
    — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, 5 July 2017
  • The true high points of the franchise were the secret agent penguins and eccentric lemurs the quartet met along the way.
    — Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The indri is a lemur, a primate with opposable thumbs; a short tail; and round, tufted, teddy-bear-like ears.
    — Sara Harrison, Wired, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Among them is the Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, the world's smallest primate at around nine centimeters long.
    — Thomas Page, CNN, 9 July 2020
  • Today's Madagascar is the land of lemurs, big-eyed creatures among the most huggable on the planet.
    — Traci Watson, USA TODAY, 4 July 2017
  • The safari park, known for its adorable one-on-one encounters, also has a petting zoo full of goats, otters, sheep, cows and lemurs.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
  • She was born to parents Heidi and Remy, who are very involved in caring for the young lemur, the zoo wrote.
    — Dallas News, 14 June 2022
  • Monkeys, lemurs and chipmunks also recognize other species’ alarm calls.
    — Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025

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