Is this a monkey?

@akalinus They're related to monkeys in the sense that both lemurs and monkeys are classed as primates. Primates are classified into two groups - prosimians (lemurs, bushbabies and tarsiers), all of which have wet noses and rely a lot on their sense of smell, and anthropoids (monkeys, apes and humans), which have dry noses and for whom sight is more important. The interesting thing about lemurs is that, allthough prosimians evolved only about 55 million years ago, Madagascar broke away from mainland Africa about 120 million years ago, so lemurs presumably got to Madagascar on rafts of vegetation. Perhaps the trees their ancestors were living in in Africa were washed into the sea in some great cataclysm and ended up on the shores of Madagascar.

@owlwings That is fascinating stuff. Who would ever think about animal noses making a difference? I like the thought of a tree load of lemurs landing on the shores of Madagascar. I'll be thinking of that one!

So, they are related to monkeys? That is very interesting.

Yes, you got it right. Have you ever seen lemurs and monkeys together? Like, are they cousins or something?

@akalinus They do have some resemblance but I personally don't think that lemurs are monkeys.

Yes, you are right. People already pointed that out. The question now is whether lemurs are monkeys.

@akalinus They are cute.

@LadyDuck Yes and this one was little. It looks bigger because I cropped it. I wonder if it was a baby.

I don't know why I thought it was a strange species of monkey.

The sign next to it said it was a monkey. Maybe he sneaked into someone else's territory. It was even harder to tell before I cropped to enlarge the photo.

@poehere Do they do monkey like things? Like climb trees and swing on the branches?

@akalinus It is in the same family as the monkey.

I don't know. That is why I am asking my fellow myLotters.

@akalinus It's possible, I guess. They're both social animals that need to be in groups with other primates at a minimum. The sanctuary here has a capuchin monkey that lives in an enclosure that's attached to the lemurs' enclosure, although they don't share any space. Every once in a while they shift animals around and don't change the signs right away, too, so that could be a possibility.

What fun! I never had a lemur climb on me. I wonder why the sign said monkey.

Do monkeys and lemurs live in the same cage?

Yes, he is a cute little guy.

Thanks, that is what everyone else is saying, too.

That seems to be the opinion of most.