Editing Lemuridae (section)

==Classification==
{{Main|List of lemuroids}}
The family Lemuridae contains 21<!--As per species list below. If you know of a 22nd species, add it to the list--> extant species in five [[genus|genera]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Mittermeier, R. A.|year=2008|title=Lemur Diversity in Madagascar|journal=International Journal of Primatology|volume=29|issue=6|pages=1607–1656|doi=10.1007/s10764-008-9317-y|display-authors=etal|hdl=10161/6237|s2cid=17614597|url=https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/10161/6237/1/08%20lemur%20diversity.pdf}}</ref>

'''Family Lemuridae'''
*Genus ''[[Lemur (genus)|Lemur]]''
**[[Ring-tailed lemur]], ''Lemur catta''
*Genus ''[[Eulemur]]'', true lemurs''
**[[Common brown lemur]], ''Eulemur fulvus''
**[[Sanford's brown lemur]], ''Eulemur sanfordi''
**[[White-headed lemur]], ''Eulemur albifrons''
**[[Red lemur]], ''Eulemur rufus''
**[[Red-fronted lemur]], ''Eulemur rufifrons''
**[[Collared brown lemur]], ''Eulemur collaris''
**[[Gray-headed lemur]], ''Eulemur cinereiceps''
**[[Black lemur]], ''Eulemur macaco''
**[[Blue-eyed black lemur]], ''Eulemur flavifrons''
**[[Crowned lemur]], ''Eulemur coronatus''
**[[Red-bellied lemur]], ''Eulemur rubriventer''
**[[Mongoose lemur]], ''Eulemur mongoz''
*Genus ''[[Varecia]]'', ruffed lemurs
**[[Black-and-white ruffed lemur]], ''Varecia variegata''
**[[Red ruffed lemur]], ''Varecia rubra''
*Genus ''[[Hapalemur]]'', bamboo lemurs
**[[Eastern lesser bamboo lemur]] (a.k.a. gray gentle bamboo lemur), ''Hapalemur griseus''
**[[Southern lesser bamboo lemur]], ''Hapalemur meridionalis''
**[[Western lesser bamboo lemur]], ''Hapalemur occidentalis''
**[[Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur|Lac Alaotra gentle lemur]] (a.k.a. ''bandro''), ''Hapalemur alaotrensis''
**[[Golden bamboo lemur]], ''Hapalemur aureus''
**[[Greater bamboo lemur]], ''Hapalemur simus''
*Genus †''[[Pachylemur]]''
**†''[[Pachylemur insignis]]''
**†''[[Pachylemur jullyi]]''

This family was once broken into two subfamilies, '''Hapalemurinae''' ([[bamboo lemur]]s and the [[greater bamboo lemur]]) and '''Lemurinae''' (the rest of the family), but molecular evidence and the similarity of the scent glands have since placed the [[ring-tailed lemur]] with the bamboo lemurs and the greater bamboo lemur.<ref name="Mittermeier5c">{{LoM2 | pages = 209–323}}</ref>

Lemur species in the genus ''[[Eulemur]]'' are known to interbreed, despite having dramatically different [[chromosome]] numbers. [[red-fronted brown lemur|Red-fronted]] ([[Diploid|2N]]=60) and [[collared brown lemur|collared]] ([[Diploid|2N]]=50–52) brown lemurs were found to [[Hybrid (biology)#Interspecific hybrids|hybridize]] at [[Berenty Reserve]], [[Madagascar]].<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Jekielek |first1=J. |year=2002 |url=https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item?id=MQ82293&op=pdf&app=Library&is_thesis=1&oclc_number=56806085 |title=Hybridization of brown Lemurs at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar |type=MSc. |publisher=Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta}}</ref>