Size: 42.5 cm (91.4 ft) and weighting 2.25 kg (5 lb).
Appearance: Lemurs look a lot like monkeys, there’s 101 existing species and they range in different colors and sizes.
Graphic of tracks and brief description: Like monkeys and primates Lemurs have four legs with hands and five fingers including thumbs in both hands and feet
Diet:Lemurs are herbivores so they mostly eat:
-Flowers
-Fruits
-Tree bark
-Leaves
-Sap
Some species in base of their environment might eat insects and become omnivores, and some species like the bamboo lemur 95% of the time only eat bamboo.
-Flowers
-Fruits
-Tree bark
-Leaves
-Sap
Some species in base of their environment might eat insects and become omnivores, and some species like the bamboo lemur 95% of the time only eat bamboo.
Reproduction Information: Lemurs usually have babies when they are 2 or 3 years old,and will give birth to 1 or 2 babies (twins) at time.
Habitat: Lemurs only live in Madagascar that is a little island south east of Africa. Since they mostly live on trees Madagascar environment and biodiversity is perfect for this monkey-look-alikes. They spend most of their time going up and down between trees, grooming, eating and sleeping. You might know what Madagascar looks like because of the movie “Madagascar” where a group of animals runs away from a zoo in New York and ends up in the island, where they are welcomed by a group of lemurs like King Julian ( Ring-tailed lemur) , Mort (Goodman's mouse lemur), and Maurice ( Aye-Aye).
Threats: Because of their vast diversity of trees and vegetation the Lemurs habitat is being destroyed by companies that are looking for trees for different purposes. Also Lemurs are a very rare species, since they are only found in the Island of Madagascar; they would have to swim to migrate to another place, for finding a new home. Without someone’s help they are just trapped there, which is not bad since it’s the perfect environment for them. But if we start destroying their only homes (the trees) they will eventually be extinct. In 1964 the government of Madagascar prohibited to hunt lemurs for food, even so there’s still some isolated villages in the northern part of the island that hunt lemurs as a food source. Climate change has also been a struggle for the lemurs. Because of the rainforests being drier, they don’t produce as many fruits or leaves and as said before, fruits and leaves are two of the main foods in a lemur’s diet. Natural disasters are also disturbing their peace, typhoons are destroying their habitat and only helping the degeneration of the vegetation in which they live in.