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'The Lemur' - well, the 102 different species of lemur shouldn't have to compete with anyone for food, they evolved in such a way that different species branched off to specialise on different food sources so that they don't have to compete and can all collectively survive better. This also means they don't come into contact with other species very often either. Lemurs are the largest naturally occuring mammal on the island too, their only predator being the fossa which has trouble hunting lemurs which can survive easily in high branches.
verraux sifaka - adapted to the dry south parts of the island and has adapted to be the only primate to survive without consuming water, and lives of prickly cactus'.
Bamboo Lemur - Eats bamboo containing enough cyanide to kill any other lemurs and humans, if any other species were to compete with it... they would die. How it consumes the poison is still a mystery.
Gentle Reed Lemur - This Lemur has adapted to live on the reed beds of Lake Alaotra, and is the only primate to live on water, it would naturally have no competition as no other lemur species has adapted to eat the reeds.
Note that some habitats do overlap (e.g. White-fronted brown lemur & Red Ruffed Lemur are both found on the Masoala peninsula and competing for ripe fruit is a common occurrence), and that troops of species may be territorial to defend against other members of the same species. Plus birds might eat some of their food from time to time, but to be honest, they don't exactly have to compete, there's plenty to go around.
The process by which this occurs is radiative evolution, it happens over millions of years, and in modern times it is obvious that it would have been very successful in sustaining all of the species had it not been for human interaction.
Since humans invaded the island paradise roughly 2,000 years ago, many lemurs have become extinct and many now compete with introduced species such as dogs and pigs for food, as well as having to compete with each other due to their habitats constantly shrinking.
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