Ring-tailed lemurs also spend a lot of time on the ground, which is unusual among lemur species. They forage for fruit, which makes up the greater part of their diet, but also eat leaves ...

Staff at Safari West near Santa Rosa is “thrilled” to welcome a baby ring-tailed lemur born Feb. 22 at the wildlife preserve.

The birth of a ring-tailed lemur was announced March 4 by Safari West; The Santa Rosa animal park revealed the baby's name is ...

“She had cleaned up the baby, so we knew it was recent.” Due to habitat loss and other reasons, the ring-tailed lemur species — native only to Madagascar like all lemurs — is an endangered ...

In 2003 a survey on the health and disease ecology of wild ring-tailed lemurs began at the Beza Mahafaly Special ... as well as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CITES. These ...

The baby’s arrival is of particular importance as ring-tailed lemurs are listed as endangered on the International Union for ...

EMPORIA (KSNT) — An endangered lemur was born at Emporia’s David Traylor Zoo Tuesday. According to a release from the City of Emporia, the zoo’s ring-tailed lemurs, Nova and Oscar, welcomed ...

Ring-tailed lemurs have a black and white striped tail which is longer than their whole body! They use their tails to communicate and for balance. Ring-tailed lemurs eat fruits, flowers ...

Lemur catta is one of the two lemur species that has been studied over the longest period of time, beginning with Jolly’s (1966) and Sussman’s (1972) pioneering work on this species. Ring-tailed ...

There are 101 known species of lemur in Madagascar. The ring-tailed lemur is found in the dry forests and bush of southern and south-western Madagascar. Females reproduce at about three years of ...