nosy baby
lemur-conservation-foundation:
LCF is proud to announce their first birth of the 2016 season- ring-tailed lemur twins! Ring-tailed lemur matriarch Ansell gave birth to two healthy babies on March 20th. These infants mark Ansell’s fourth set of twins in a row! Generally ring-tailed lemurs give birth to one offspring, but twins are possible when ample food is present, as it is in managed populations.
Ansell and the infants, along with father Yuengling and five older siblings- Rogue, Allagash, Duffy, Goose, and Darwin- are living in one of LCF’s semi-free ranging forests, allowing them to live as naturally as possible.
The ring-tailed lemur is listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List with a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future. LCF works with multiple Species Survival Plans (SSPs) to manage its breeding program and is the home of 51 lemurs, including 17 ring-tailed lemurs.
#lemur Leap #zsllondonzoo #animal @officialzsl @zsllondonzoo More photos at http://bit.ly/1REuZMl (at ZSL London Zoo)
“Bow before your new furry God”
#lemur #longleatsafaripark #longleat #sunshine #littlefurrybuddha
vine:
Why do you sit like that
How many #lemurs do you count? #lemur #sunbathing #cosy #avifauna #htconem9 #htc (bij Vogelpark Avifauna)
lemur-conservation-foundation:
Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) have a very unique social structure within their groups. The female L. catta are the most dominant in this society. Unlike many other species of primates where males are more dominant, it’s the females that call the shots in lemur society. The females create a stable core in each group, while the males transfer from one group to another.
Since the females are on the top of the hierarchy, they get first dibs on preferred food items and can even be seen taking food right out of the hands of males lower in the hierarchy. Below, you can see Ansell (purple collar). She is on the very top of the dominance hierarchy in this group, and she keeps all the other lemurs in her group in line.
lemur-conservation-foundation:
Looks like it’s cuddle time. #lemur #ringtailedlemur #conservation #endangered #lcf #cute #animals
#lemur #woburn
