Ruffed lemur pictures and facts

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Ruffed lemur

Order : Primates
Family : Lemuridae
Species : Varecia variegata

Keywords: black , white , red , diurnal , nocturnal

The Ruffed lemur is listed as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the ruffed lemur

The red ruffed lemur is the most arboreal of the true lemurs.

The red ruffed lemur is a member

The one natural predator of the ruffed lemur is the fossa, a cat-like relative of the mongoose that specializes in hunting lemurs.

The red ruffed lemur is a member of the Lemuridae family, which includes 10 species in four genera.

The Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur is a distinctive primate known for its vocal communication through a complex system of alarm calls and its tufted ears and mane (its "ruffs").

The Black and white ruffed lemur is listed as endangered by the USDI (1980) and is on Appendix I of CITES.

Conservation: The rainforest climate of the Ruffed Lemurs are being rapidly depleted. (Full text)

Our Baby Ruffed Lemurs, are doing (Full text)

Black and white ruffed lemurs are endangered because people are cutting down their forest homes in order to grow food. (Full text)

Ruffed lemurs are not naturally found in the conditions shown and black-and-white ruffed lemurs are not found with red ruffed lemurs (Full text)

In general, the ruffed lemurs are most active in early morning and in the late afternoon/evening.

Like all lemurs, red ruffed lemurs are only found on the island of Madagascar.

Diet: Ruffed lemurs are mainly fruit eaters, though they also eat leaves and shoots. (Full text)