{"id":836,"date":"2014-05-12T23:59:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T03:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=836"},"modified":"2014-07-03T08:05:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T12:05:03","slug":"ring-tailed-lemur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2014\/05\/12\/ring-tailed-lemur\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring-tailed Lemur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ring-tailed lemurs are primates like us in spite of the fact that they look more like cats.
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A group of ring-tailed lemurs in the Toronto Zoo<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Like most lemurs, ring-tailed lemurs come from Madagascar where they are endemic. I find the hind feet of the ring-taled lemur with their opposable big toes that are obviously for grabbing an interesting feature. <\/p>\n

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The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta<\/em>).<\/p><\/div>\n

Ring-tailed lemurs have a long tail which does look like a cat’s tail. Their face resembles a mix between a cat, a dog and perhaps there is some monkey in there.<\/p>\n

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The face of a ring-tailed lemur.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ring-tailed lemours do well in the wild — at least compared to other lemurs. Since their range is limited to a small section of Madagascar they are considered to be a near threatened.<\/p>\n

Zoos like to keep ring-tailed lemurs because they are nice looking creatures that are smarter<\/a> than people used to think they were, so they are interesting to watch for a while. Being highly social animals they do best in groups that includes dozens of individuals. The Toronto Zoo certainly seems to keep a large number of them together.<\/p>\n

Ring-tailed lemurs have a certain cuteness, probably this is why a ring-tailed lemur was chosen as the character Zoboomafoo<\/a> on a children’s TV program of the same title (around here you can watch it on TVO<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nRing-tailed lemur<\/a> on Wikipedia.
\nRing-tailed lemur<\/a> on ARKIVE.
\nRing-tailed lemur<\/a> on the Toronto Zoo website.
\nRing-tailed lemur<\/a> Lemur catta.
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