| 单词 | mongoose lemur | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasmongoose lemur  2.  A nectar-feeding lemur,  Eulemur mongoz, of north-eastern Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Now only as  mongoose lemur. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > 			[noun]		 > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > member of family Lemuridae > genus Lemur (lemur) > miscellaneous types of macauco1751 mongoose1758 Madagascar cat1900 1758    G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. I. 12  				The Mongooz. [Fr. parallel text Le Mongous.] These animals are brought from Madagascar, and many of the smaller islands between that and the East Indies; they seem to be one remove from the direct Monkey. 1774    O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 240  				A second of this kind [sc. the Maki], which is also a native of Madagascar, is the Mongooz. 1797    Encycl. Brit. IX. 785/2  				The mongooz, or woolly maucauco, inhabits Madagascar. 1828    J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 60  				L. mongoz..The Mongooz... The Mongous pass a considerable portion of the day in sleep. 1868    Museum Nat. Hist. I. 43  				The Mongous (Lemur Mongoz)..is a little larger than the ring-tailed lemur. 1884    Riverside Nat. Hist. 		(1888)	 I. 228  				The Mongoose Lemur, or Woolly Macaco. 1930    W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo iv. 61  				The mongoose lemur, the black lemur, and the red-fronted lemur take to diurnal habits very easily. 1964    G. Durrell Menagerie Manor i. 15  				The woolly-coated orange-eyed mongoose lemurs bound from branch to branch, wagging their long thick tails like dogs. 1996    Zoo Biol. 15 1  				Across the past 20 years, captive reproduction has declined steeply in mongoose lemurs. < as lemmas | 
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