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Page 1: By Sade Barnes & Summer Raye. Common Name: Ring tailed Lemur Scientific Name: Lemur catta http//national.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/f act-ring-tailed-lemur.cfmnational.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/f

Ring Tailed LemurBy Sade Barnes & Summer Raye

Page 2: By Sade Barnes & Summer Raye. Common Name: Ring tailed Lemur Scientific Name: Lemur catta http//national.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/f act-ring-tailed-lemur.cfmnational.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/f

Names

Common Name: Ring tailed Lemur Scientific Name: Lemur catta http//

national.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/fact-ring-tailed-lemur.cfm

Page 3: By Sade Barnes & Summer Raye. Common Name: Ring tailed Lemur Scientific Name: Lemur catta http//national.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/f act-ring-tailed-lemur.cfmnational.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/f

Description

Habitat: Trees, Tropical areas and forest

Where in the World: 3 forest; Ankoba, Malaza, Berenty

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts

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Life History

Diet: fruits leaves and flowers Size: 15 to 18 inches Reproduce: females maturity at 2

years old Predators: grey hawks Prey: insects 1 to 2 offspring Once a year April thru June http://library.sandiegozoo.org/factshe

ets/ringtailed_lemur/lemur.htm

Page 5: By Sade Barnes & Summer Raye. Common Name: Ring tailed Lemur Scientific Name: Lemur catta http//national.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/f act-ring-tailed-lemur.cfmnational.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/f

Interesting Facts

Solitary Animal Live up to 16 to 19 years in the wild Communicate through visual and

face expressions

http://nationalzoo.si.edu

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Why is the animal endangered?

• Ring tailed lemurs are endangered because of human activities.

• The forests where they live are being changed to farmland

• some ring tailed lemurs are captured for the pet trade.

http://www.zooatlanta.org/ringtailed_lemur

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Population

More than 1,000 can be found in zoos. They are being hunted for food and kept

as pets Believe about between 10,000 and

100,000 www.starbreezes.com/11/lemur.html

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Quiz 1.What is their habitat? 2. How do they communicate? 3. What is they’re predators? 4.How many years do they get to

live up too? 5.What do they eat?

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Answers

1) Tropical areas, forest2) Through visuals and face expressions3) Hawk4) 16 to 19 years5) Fruits, leaves, and flowers