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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

vertebrate, craniate go
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

mammal, mammalian go
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair

placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal go
mammals having a placenta

primate go
any placental mammal of the order Primates

lemur
large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails

noun.animal

9 Subcategories

Madagascar cat, ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta go
small lemur having its tail barred with black
aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis go
nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs
slender loris, Loris gracilis go
slim-bodied lemur of southern India and Sri Lanka
slow loris, Nycticebus tardigradua, Nycticebus pygmaeus go
stocky lemur of southeastern Asia
potto, kinkajou, Perodicticus potto go
a kind of lemur
angwantibo, golden potto, Arctocebus calabarensis go
a kind of lemur
galago, bushbaby, bush baby go
agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
indri, indris, Indri indri, Indri brevicaudatus go
large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn
woolly indris, Avahi laniger go
nocturnal indris with thick grey-brown fur and a long tail