Lend a Hand to Lemurs!

Extend the Lesson

endangered

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If a type of animal is endangered, very few of them are left in the world. Giant pandas are endangered.

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nocturnal

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Active at night. Bats are nocturnal. They sleep during the day and hunt at night.

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mammal

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A warm-blooded animal. Female mammals feed milk to their babies. Lemurs are mammals. So are dogs, cats, and people.

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April 2018 Indri