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American ape lemur (SciiFii)

The American ape lemur (Anthropropithecus walkeri), sometimes incorrectly known as the American ape, the American chimpanzee, the American bonobo, and the American orangutan, is a species of very ape-like, tailless adapiform primate that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii and introduced throughout the rainforests, wetlands, forests, and open woodlands across North America to help boost biodiversity. The closest living relative of the American ape lemur is the American gorilla lemur (Gorillalemur pithecoides). The American ape lemur is covered in sandy brown hair, but has a bare gray face, fingers, toes, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. It is a large prosimian primate, weighing 40–70 kilograms (88–154 lb) for males and 27–50 kilograms (60–110 lb) for females and standing 120 to 150 centimeters (3 feet 11 in to 4 feet 11 in) on its hind limbs. The American ape lemur is an omnivorous frugivore. It prefers fruit above all other food items but also eats leaves and leaf buds, seeds, blossoms, stems, pith, bark, resin, and even several vine species (which can contains the toxic alkaloid strychnine). While the American ape lemur is mostly herbivorous, it does eat honey, soil, insects, birds and their eggs, and small to medium-sized mammals, including other primates. Its gestation period is between six and seven months. The infant is weaned at about three years old, but usually maintains a close relationship with its mother for several years more. The American ape lemur lives in groups that range in size from 15 to 150 members, although individuals travel and forage in much smaller groups during the day. The American ape lemur lives in a strict male-dominated hierarchy, where disputes are generally settled without the need for violence. American ape lemurs are among the most intelligent adapiform primates, being known to use tools, modifying sticks, rocks, grass and leaves and using them for hunting and acquiring honey, termites, ants, nuts and water. The American ape lemur is known to create sharpened sticks to spear small mammals. The conservation status of the American ape lemur is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the American ape lemur's wide range.