About:
Did you know red-ruffed lemurs are the world's largest lemur? Learn more about red-ruffed lemurs.
Care & Wellness:
Trust through training allows keepers to touch the red-ruffed lemurs for exams, treat wounds, and administer vaccinations and other injections. The lemurs also voluntarily enter a transport crate and close the door on their own for trips to the veterinary hospital for check-ups.
Behavior:
- These lemurs tend to spend time in small groups and hang out in trees.
- Designate territory by using special glands on their wrists and bottoms to scent mark trees and branches
- Very vocal, calls alert group members of danger, maintain contact within the group, and threaten others.
Endangered Status
- Extinct in Wild (EW)
- Critically Endangered (CR)
- Endangered (EN)
- Vulnerable (VU)
- Near Threatened (NT)
- Least Concern (LC)
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Fun Facts:
- These are the world's largest lemurs.
- Ruffed lemurs are the only species of lemur to give birth to litters of young.
- The name lemur comes from a Latin word meaning ghost or spirit.
- Play a vital role in dispersing seeds from the fruits they eat through their feces
