<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Information </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Species </Th> <Td> Aye - aye </Td> </Tr> <P> Maurice is an overweight aye - aye, although he lacks the aye - aye's distinctive middle finger . </P> <P> Maurice is King Julien's advisor - although Julien seldom listens to him - and often shows skepticism of his ruler's mad plans . He has a long squirrel - like bushy tail . He lived in a tribe of other lemurs and witnessed newcomers to their home: a quartet of zoo animals . Maurice was suspicious of Alex, a lion, thinking him to be potentially dangerous . Maurice expressed this concern during a meeting of the lemurs and jungle animals, but was ignored by Julien . The next day, Maurice took part in the festival honoring the newcomers, and shortly after explained the trouble with having a lion around . He knew that Alex would need to eat meat, and felt that Alex should leave and go to the carnivore side of the island . </P>

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