Ring-Tailed Lemurs

The scientific name for the Ring-Tailed Lemur is Lemur Catta.

Ring-Tailed Lemur live in south and southwest Madagascar. The habitat of the Ring-Tailed Lemur is a dry forest and deciduous forest, rocky outcrops and forests along rivers.

Ring-tailed Lemurs have a brownish gray coat, with a white face and dark facial markings. The Ring-Tailed Lemur is 15 1/2 -18 inches long, and they have a tail that is 11-14 inches long.The Ring-Tailed Lemur's tail is marked by dark rings.

Ring-tailed lemurs live in social groups of up to 30. The females typically are the group leaders.

Ring-Tailed lemurs spend more time on the ground than other lemurs. Ring-Tailed Lemurs eat fruit, vegetation, bark and sap.

Ring-Tailed Lemurs gestation is 134-138 days, they give birth to one young at a time.

The main threat to the Ring-Tailed Lemur is from the loss of habitat due deforestation.

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