Lemurs

Lemurs are not monkeys.

Lemurs are native to Madagascar.

They found that not only do humans need less sleep than chimps, macaques and lemurs, we spend a greater percentage of our slumber in the deeper, more restorative stages of sleep.

Jo Setchell is a primatologist at Durham University in Britain. She studies primates, the group of mammals that includes gorillas, chimps, monkeys, gibbons, mandrills, and lemurs. And, of course, humans.

Lemurs are primates.

Lemurs aren't monkeys.

Are lemurs primates?