Almost every species of lemur, wide-eyed primates unique to Madagascar, is under threat of extinction. That is the conclusion of an international group of conservationists, who carried out an ...
Cathy Williams. Since joining the Duke Lemur Center in 1996, Williams has been responsible for the health and well-being of thousands of these endangered primates, from Jovian, the much-loved Coquerel ...
Tucked away at Broad Street, north of East Campus, is a museum holding a new exhibit of fossils designed to teach us about how lemurs and humans evolved. The small Duke Lemur Center Museum of Natural ...
Ring-tailed lemurs also spend a lot of time on the ground, which is unusual among lemur species. They forage for fruit, which makes up the greater part of their diet, but also eat leaves ...
There are 101 known species of lemur in Madagascar. The ring-tailed lemur is found in the dry forests and bush of southern and south-western Madagascar. Females reproduce at about three years of ...
Ring-tailed lemurs have a black and white striped tail which is longer than their whole body! They use their tails to communicate and for balance. Ring-tailed lemurs eat fruits, flowers, leaves ...