Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

koala lemur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: koala le-mur
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of three extinct species of lemur of †Megaladapis, the sole genus of the family †Megaladapidae, which were endemic to Madagascar until circa 1280–1420 CE.

Example Sentences

"The extinct koala lemurs (Megaladapis) were much larger than their extant relatives, the nocturnal sportive lemurs (Lepilemur), but they resembled the latter in diet (leaves) and commitment to life in the trees."
"The koala lemurs are much larger than the sportive lemurs (Lepilemuridae) and the Lemuridae, both of which have been considered their sister clades. Koala lemurs resembled sportive lemurs in their dental morphology and diet of leaves."
"As primary folivores, it seems highly unlikely that the koala lemurs were major players in seed dispersal."

Inflected Forms

koala lemurs (plural)

Questions

What does koala lemur mean?: Any of three extinct species of lemur of †Megaladapis, the sole genus of the family †Megaladapidae, which were endemic to Madagascar until circa 1280–1420 CE.

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