Lemurs of Madagascar is a reference work and field guide giving descriptions and biogeographic data for all the known lemur species in Madagascar (ring-tailed lemur pictured). It also provides general information about lemurs and their history and helps travelers identify species they may encounter. The primary contributor is Russell Mittermeier, president of Conservation International. The first edition in 1994 received favorable reviews for its meticulous coverage, numerous high-quality illustrations, and engaging discussion of lemur topics, including conservation, evolution, and the recently extinct subfossil lemurs. The American Journal of Primatology praised the second edition's updates and enhancements. Lemur News appreciated the expanded content of the third edition (2010), but was concerned that it was not as portable as before. The first edition identified 50 lemur species and subspecies, compared to 71 in the second edition and 101 in the third. The taxonomy promoted by these books has been questioned by some researchers who view these growing numbers of lemur species as insufficiently justified inflation of species numbers.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemurs_of_Madagascar_(book)

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1661:

Two years after his death, Oliver Cromwell's remains were exhumed for a posthumous execution and his head was placed on a spike above Westminster Hall in London, where it remained until 1685. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell%27s_head

1847:

The town of Yerba Buena in Mexican California was renamed San Francisco. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco

1948:

Nathuram Godse fatally shot Mahatma Gandhi (pictured), the political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, at Birla House in Delhi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi

1964:

In a bloodless coup, General Nguyen Khanh overthrew General Duong Van Minh's military junta in South Vietnam, less than three months after Minh executed a bloody coup himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_South_Vietnamese_coup

1972:

On Bloody Sunday, members of the British Parachute Regiment shot at twenty-six civil rights protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing at least thirteen people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1972)

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

mignon: Small and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mignon

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I like to think (it has to be!) of a cybernetic ecology where we are free of our labors and joined back to nature, returned to our mammal brothers and sisters, and all watched over by machines of loving grace.   --Richard Brautigan https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan