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Lemurs Bushbabies and Aye-Ayes
Prosimian, or lower primates, include 6 families and approximately 50 species altogether. These animals represent the earliest primates on the evolutionary tree. Most are native to Madagascar, Asia, and Africa. Specialized hands and feet are a key indicator of Prosimians.
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What is the collective name for lemurs?
Officially, lemur groups are simply called "troops", just like with monkeys. They can occasionally be referred to as "groups," but this is neither the official collective name, nor is it used consistently.
birds of prey such as falcons or eagles if they have a good shot at em but mainley man destroying habitat and hunting then for there beautiful fur making hats and such that's it any other questions about any animal (and i do mean any animal) i can answer it i research new animals all the time
What is the weight of a ringtail cat?
The following animals are known as Ringtails:
* Ring-tailed Cat, Bassariscus astutus * Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus annulatus * Ring-tailed Lemur, Lemur catta * Ring-tailed Mongoose, Galidia elegans * Ringtail possums, family Pseudocheiridae ** Cinereus Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirulus cinereus ** Common Ringtail Possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinus ** Western Ringtail Possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinus occidentalis ** Coppery Ringtail Possum Pseudochirops cupreus ** D'Albertis' Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirops albertisii ** Green Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirops archeri ** Herbert River Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirulus herbertensis ** Lemuroid Ringtail Possum, Hemibelideus lemuroides ** Lowland Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirulus canescens ** Painted Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirulus forbesi ** Plush-coated Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirops corinnae ** Pygmy Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirulus mayeri ** Reclusive Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirops coronatus ** Rock Ringtail Possum, Petropseudes dahli ** Vogelkop Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirulus schlegeli ** Weyland Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirulus caroli from Wikipedia
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How much does a ring tailed lemur weight?
It depends on the species. Some species weigh as little as 30 grams or 1.1 oz (mouse lemurs) up to 9.5 kilograms or 21 lb (the indri). Recently extinct giant lemurs used to weigh between 10 to 200 kg (22 to 440 lb).
Flying lemurs lay eggs or give birth to young?
Flying lemurs are sorta like bats. So you would consider them flying mammals (although they aren't true fliers either). If they are mammals then yes, female flying lemurs give birth to young live. The young are usually born tiny and helpless with closed ears and eyes. They also are born without fur. Baby flying lemurs are called pups and drink milk until they can catch their own food.
During the wet seasons, ring-tailed lemurs mostly eat fruit and new leaves. During the dry season, they eat the remaining fruit of the tamarind tree and whatever they can find, including insects, bark, and whatever else they can find.
They are considered "opportunistic omnivores", although they mostly eat fruit and leaves.
What weather do lemurs live in?
Madagascar's climate varies by region. Some lemurs live in tropical rainforests, which get a lot of rain year-round, while others live in regions that are highly seasonal, receiving rain for a few months out of the year and then little or no rain for the rest of the year.
What trees do ringtail lemurs live in?
Ring-tailed lemurs will spend time in many types of trees within their habitat, although at reserves like Berenty in southern Madagascar, kily trees (tamarind trees) are often a favorite.
How do ring tailed lemurs climb so well?
Some lemurs are arboreal quadrupeds (running and leaping on 4 legs through the trees), while others are vertical clingers and leapers. The Ring-tailed Lemur is a semi-terrestrial quadruped, walking on 4 legs and spending more time on the ground than other lemur species. Some recently extinct forms used to be slow climbers (like modern lorises) and used suspension (like sloths).
What adaptations does a siamang gibbon have?
They use their long arms to swing like a gymnast through the trees.
What is the population of the white cheeked gibbon?
This species is found in tall primary and heavily degraded evergreen and semi-evergreen forest. In northeastern Viet Nam and northern Lao PDR, the animals live in the lowland, in a subtropical climate with a short and not very cold winter without frost, at elevations of 200?600 m (Dao Van Tien 1983). In Yunnan province, China, the species was observed at altitudes of 700?1,000 m (Hu et al. 1989). In Lao PDR, gibbons are found from the Mekong plains up to at least 1,650 m in Phou Louey National Biodiversity Conservation Area (Duckworth et al. 1999).
Gibbons are strictly arboreal and mainly frugivorous (Geissmann et al. 2000), but there is very little field data on the behavioral ecology of N. leucogenys. Dao Van Tien (1983) studied the content of the stomach of six wild-shot crested gibbons (genus Nomascus) from Viet Nam, including three N. leucogenys, and found 90?100% fruits, associated with some leaves and insects. This data cannot be directly compared to field observations, which usually measure the time spent eating various food items (Geissmann et al. 2000). Food composition in Xishuangbanna (southern Yunnan) included fruits (39%), leaves (36%), and flowers (5%) (Hu et al. 1989). During the rainy season (May?October), when many fruits are available, gibbons travel less, whereas in the dry season (November?April), the gibbons eat more leaves and travel for longer distances (Hu et al. 1989). Average group size in Yunnan province, China, was 3.78 (range 3-5, n = 9) (Hu et al. 1989). In anecdotal reports, group sizes of three gibbon groups from Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces (southern part of north Viet Nam) were specified as 3, 3, and 4 individuals, respectively (Nguyen Manh Ha et al.2005).
What are the types of subspecies in lemurs?
I'm trying to find out that too.
I only two.
The Ring Tailed Lemur and Goodman's mouse lemur
Goodman's mouse lemur if the lemur from Madagascar (Mort)
Also the Ring tailed lemur is form Madagascar(King Julien)
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An animal or plant that consumes or obtains nutrients from animals?
A predator-consumer needs another animal or plant to survive. However, the food chain never ends; one animal preys on another and so on.
Why do most food chains not contain over 4 or 5 organisms in the food chain?
Food chains can be seen in a energy pyramid. There are rarely more than three or more links since each predators are more dominant than others. This also means that particular of animals are barely been eaten from other predators. In addition, through the energy pyramid, the reason why is because 10% of it's energy in each trophic level is used and 90% of it is lost which results of no more than four or five links ( Tertiary/ Quatinery consumers).
How do bush baby's adapt to their environment?
They have very strong hind legs that allows them to jump easily.
Aye-ayes are endangered due to habitat destruction/fragmentation. Also, many people in Madagascar will kill it if they see it because they believe it brings bad luck or death. More recently, some people have started killing aye-ayes for food (bush meat).
What does the mouse lemur eat?
Mouse lemurs are omnivorous; their diets are diverse and include insect secretions, arthropods, small vertebrates, gum, fruit, flowers, nectar, and also leaves and buds depending on the season.
What lemurs can you own as a pet?
No, lemurs would make bad pets for many reasons:
- Lemurs, like other exotic animals kept as pets, are not domesticated, so aggression can be hard to predict and control. (Bites can easily become infected and life-threatening.)
- Controlling where they defecate and urinate would also be a big challenge, especially if kept indoors.
- Many lemur species are highly social, and having a solitary lemur would be traumatic, while keeping more than one could result in fighting (depending on their social structure in the wild). In the case of ring-tails, specifically, unrelated females might fight frequently, and all females would occasionally bully a male companion. Its difficult to predict how males would interact.
- Lemurs require specialized diets, which pet stores and most veterinarians will know nothing about.
- Most veterinarians will not accept lemurs as patients due to a lack of familiarity with exotic species. And even if the vet was willing to see the lemur, there's no guarantee that he/she will know enough about their specialized biology to make proper decisions about their care.
- Since lemurs are primates, they can catch and spread some human diseases.
- If you were to have a lemur you wanted to get rid of, animal shelters would not take them.
- It is illegal in most states in the US to keep a lemur as a pet. It is very difficult to tell where a lemur came from, and could have been illegally smuggled out of Madagascar, regardless of what the "breeder" may claim. Nearly all lemurs are endangered, so smuggling lemurs is not only highly illegal, but also threatens wild populations with extinction by fueling demand for pet lemurs and by removing individuals from dwindling populations.
How do lemurs survive in winter?
A lemur's fur helps keep it warm when it is cold. Social lemurs, like the Ring-tailed Lemur, will also cuddle with other troop members, forming a "lemur ball" or "lemur train," to conserve heat.
Lemurs have low metabolisms, which allow them to conserve energy. But as a result, they need help warming up after a cold night. Some lemurs, such as the Ring-tailed Lemur, will sit in the sun in what is often called a "sun-worshiping" position (a lot like the Buddhist lotus position, but without folding the legs). By facing their thin, white belly fur and the dark black skin underneath towards the sun, they warm up. The fur on their back is thicker and helps trap heat in.
yes, they eat the poop inorder to obtain nutrients from what other monkeys have eaten, such as seeds or fruits, ect. They also throw poo as a defensive mechanism. The poo is a strong odor and the force of throwing it can scare off a preditor and add that to the foul stench it helps to ward of dangers. ~ts
