Lemurs vane huremu hwakasiyana kubva pa30 gramu (1.1 oz) mouse lemur kusvika pa9 kilogiramu (20 lb) indri. Lemurs vanogovana akawanda akajairika mabheji e primate maitiro, akadai seakasiyana manhamba pamaoko avo nemakumbo, uye zvipikiri panzvimbo pemakumbo (mune marudzi mazhinji). Zvisinei, yavo uropi-kune-muviri saizi chiyero idiki pane iyo yeanthropoid primates. Sezvakaita nemaprimates ese strepsirrhine, vane "mhuno yakanyorova" (rhinarium). Lemurs anowanzo kuve anonyanya kushamwaridzana pakati pemaprimates strepsirrhine, uye vanotaurirana zvakanyanya nekunhuhwirira uye mazwi pane nemasaini ekuona. Lemurs ane yakaderera basal metabolic rate, uye semhedzisiro inogona kuratidza dormancy senge hibernation kana torpor. Ivo zvakare vane yakafara nguva yekuberekesa uye hutongi hwehukadzi. Mazhinji emadzimai anodya akasiyana siyana mashizha uye michero, nepo mamwe masayendisiti achidya michero yemiti.
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