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==General==
==General==
*The tretretretre is a ledgendary half man/half lemur on the island of Madagascar
*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 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeopropithecus_ingens Palaeopropithecus] (extinct) much better
*It is often believed that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy Malagasy] legends of the tretretretre refer to Megaladapis, but the details of these tales, notably the "human-like" face of the animal, match the related [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeopropithecus_ingens Palaeopropithecus] much better
*Perplex City has tretretretres in their zoo




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*Family: Lemuridae (Lemurs)
*Family: Lemuridae (Lemurs)
*Species: Megaladapis edwardsi
*Species: Megaladapis edwardsi
**Megaladapis is the genus of three extinct species of primates that once inhabited the island of Madagascar
**Megaladapis is the genus of three extinct species of primates that once inhabited the island of Madagascar ([http://www.primates.com/primate/megaladapidae.html link])




==References==
==References==
*Perplex City Map
**boo
*[[Oisten Meade]]'s survey
**[http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=233320&sid=8f80b88d3baa5920c19c597ac3b1cce8#233320 link]
*[http://story.perplexcity.com/archives/2006/03/the_great_polic.html Perplex City Police incident report]
[http://story.perplexcity.com/archives/2006/03/the_great_polic.html link]

Revision as of 15:13, 15 May 2006

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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


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)


References

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