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
Endangered Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct in the wild
Extinct

Did you know?

The ring-tailed lemur is both diurnal and nocturnal.

Ring-tailed lemur