Animals - Primate Conservation Center

Ring-tailed Lemur - Titan, Coby, Sterling & 3 young born April 2012
Lemur catta
Range:	Southwest Madagascar
Habitat:	Forests, called gallery forests, that are adjacent to open areas and water.
Diet:	Leaves, fruit, bark, and buds. At the zoo they eat fruits, vegetables and leaf eater biscuits.
Fun Facts:	Lemurs are not considered monkeys or apes. They are their own group of primates. Unlike many other lemur species, they spend most of their day foraging for food on the forest floor. They live in social groups of one or two dozen, often with more males than females. The males have a strongly marked rank of order, but all females are dominant to males. Ring-tailed lemurs are territorial and the females, the permanent members of the group, defend against intruders. To avoid true fighting, male ring-tailed lemurs will rub their down with a strong smell from scent glands on their wrists and wave their tails at each other. These are called stink fights. One or two young are born at a time.