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Meaning of indri




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

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In Zoology is the name of a genus of strepsherrhine mammals. They belong to the Indriidae family. They are popularly known as indris. large or large lemurs. They are primitive primates of wet noses, related to woolly lemurs (genus Avahi) and sifakas (genus Propithecus).

  




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Another name for the babacote lemur. The origin of the name 'indri' has a legend similar to 'call' or 'kangaroo', since in some Malagasy language it would mean "Look there!", and when the French looked at the lemur and assumed it was the name of the animal.

  



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