Afarensis is a 3.5-2.8 million year old hominin from the Kada Hadar member of the Hadar formation in the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. He is approximately 41 inches tall, weighs approximately 60 pounds and has a cranial capacity of a whopping 410 cc (approximately). Afarensis is currently considered to be transitional between apes and humans and displays some traits of both. Since he spends a lot of time on the couch watching monster movies, some observers question whether he is an obligate biped (although no one has observed him climbing a tree). He also has a blog called 
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lemuridae
Genus: Lemur
Species: Lemur catta
Common name: Ring-Tailed Lemurs
I must confess that I have a fondness for the lemurs - especially the ring-tailed lemurs.
Ring-tailed lemurs mainly inhabit the south and southwestern parts of Madagascar. They are average sized prosimians and weigh about six ponds. They are largely diurnal and are primarily terrestrial. The eat fruits and leaves and are capable of at least some ceco-colic fermentation.
Their dental formula is 3.1.3.3 and the tympanic ring lies free in the auditory bulla. They live in groups of up to about twenty individuals. There is a dominance hierarchy for both males and females - with the females ultimately being dominant to males. The males engage in an interesting form of agonistic display. They glands on the forarms that secrete a fatty substance which they rub on their tails in order to disperse the scent.
about one fourth of the males leave the group upon reaching maturity and they have been known to commit infanticide during mating season. Ring-tailed lemurs also like sunbathing:
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I wonder, has anybody looked to see if the ringtail's forearm scent glands have any relationship to the slow loris's forearm poison glands? That is, do they arise from the same genes?
Posted by: Alan Kellogg | September 23, 2007 10:41 PM
Off the top of my head, I do not know.
Posted by: afarensis, FCD | September 24, 2007 8:28 AM
Awwwww. . . .ring-tailed lemurs are *cute*!
Anne G
Posted by: Anne Gilbert | September 24, 2007 2:04 PM
HEY THEY HAVE MY SAME EYES!!!!!!
-Danielle Schyler
Posted by: Danielle Schyler | November 26, 2008 9:58 AM
does anyone else see a resemblance to Uma Thurman? And the Lemurs sunning look like they're doing yoga! cute...
Posted by: Chasm | November 29, 2008 12:39 AM
Awww...they're so cute & adorable!!! I wish they were pets!!!
Posted by: Karen L | December 11, 2008 9:01 PM