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Primates Called Pygmy Slow Lorises Take Long Wintertime Naps, Making Them First Hibernating Primates Outside Madagascar
Scientists have long beleived that three species of Madagascan lemurs were the only primates that hibernate. But new findings suggest that pygmy slow lorises, a relatively small primate that belongs to the so-called wet nosed classification from Southeast Asia, take long wintertime naps, too.
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