Monkey lemur
| Monkey lemur Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Archaeolemur majori skulls | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Superfamily: | Lemuroidea |
| Family: | †Archaeolemuridae G. Grandidier, 1905 |
| Genera | |
The monkey lemurs or baboon lemurs (Archaeolemuridae) are a recently extinct family of lemurs known from skeletal remains from sites on Madagascar dated to 1000 to 3000 years ago.
The monkey lemur family is divided into two genera, Hadropithecus and Archaeolemur, and three species.