NOUN
- large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn
How To Use indris In A Sentence
- But the indris rely more on their legs, which are longer than their arms. Times, Sunday Times
- Groups of indris communicate with mournful and distinctive howls.
- He picked a few leaves of a kind he said the indris particularly liked. Times, Sunday Times
- Previous research on the brains of these animals had shown that indris have a much smaller olfactory bulb than do other lemurs.
- And so did the indris. Times, Sunday Times
- The indris live on the eastern side of the island in the only remaining patch of rainforest. Times, Sunday Times
- The indris are the largest in size, reaching about four feet from head to toe and weighing up to 29 pounds.
- Besides gibbons, singing primates include the Madagascan lemurs called indris, the tarsiers of Sulawesi, and the tiff monkeys of South America.
- By contrast, not only did indris do much less scent marking in general, but also, during all my hours of observation, I never saw a single instance of overmarking.
- The largest of the living lemurs are called indris and sifakas.