Ring-tailed lemur

Ring-tailed lemur
Lemur catta / Ring-tailed lemur

Ring-tailed lemurs
Habitat
Dry, gallery and wet forests, scrublands with euphorbias
Continent
Africa
Food
Tamarind and other fruits, leaves, herbs, insects
Gestation/breeding period
140 days
Mode of life
Groups of 10 to 30 animals with strict hierarchy
Class
Mammals
Order
Primates

Key facts

~ 45 cm
length

~ 2.2 kg
weight

~ 30 years
age

How endangered are Ring-tailed lemurs?

by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)

  • Not evaluated
  • Data deficient
  • Least concern
  • Near threatened
  • Vulnerable
  • Ring-tailed lemurs
    Endangered
    Endangered
  • Critically endangered
  • Extinct in the wild
  • Extinct

Did you know?

The ring-tailed lemur is both diurnal and nocturnal.

Katta

Ring-tailed lemur on the zoo tour

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