Tretretretre

General

• The tretretretre is a ledgendary half man/half lemur on the island of Madagascar. It was also said to be a dog/human/monkey-faced lemur with monkey paws, and was the size of a 2 year old calf.
• It is often believed that Malagasy legends of the tretretretre refer to the Megaladapis (an extinct giant lemur), but the details of these tales, notably the "human-like" face of the animal, match the related Palaeopropithecus (extinct) much better
• Perplex City has tretretretres in their zoo, leading to the tretretretre developing a large following among Earth-based Cube hunters
• Kurt has also stated that his favorite animal is the tretretretre (link)

Encyclopaedic entry

• Sub-class: Placentalia
• Order: Primates
• Family: Lemuridae (Lemurs)
• Species: Megaladapis edwardsi
  • Megaladapis is the genus of three extinct species of primates that once inhabited the island of Madagascar (link)

Wordplay

• The word "tretretretre" contains repetitive identically spelled syllables and is often cited in lists of these "repeaters" (link)

References

• Perplex City Map
  • Perplex City Zoo (link)
• Oistin Meade's survey
  • link
• Perplex City Police incident report
  • [18:54] MB: Vehicle crashed into wall of zoo, multiple tretretretres escaped
  • [19:28] RLW: Tretretretre spotted in Taversen Square
• Kurt's blog, The Path of Least Time
  • 25-APR-06, "Oistin and Von" (link)