African Trees May Be Tied to Lemurs' Fate

摘要

@@ On the African island nation of Madagascar①, only primates② called lemurs are big enough to move the seeds of many trees around and thus improve the chances of the trees'survival. There are 38 known species of lemurs, which are found on Madagascar only. They range in size from the 2.5-inch pygmy mouse lemur③(the world's smallest primate) to the indri④, which is the size of a small child.