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Page 1: NATURAL HABITAT AND LOCATION  The Ring-Tailed Lemur is found in southern and southwestern Madagascar.  Their main habitat contains of many trees since

The Ring-Tailed Lemur

By:Cameron Vassar

AndNicole Golden

Page 2: NATURAL HABITAT AND LOCATION  The Ring-Tailed Lemur is found in southern and southwestern Madagascar.  Their main habitat contains of many trees since

Pictures of The Ring Tailed Lemur

Page 3: NATURAL HABITAT AND LOCATION  The Ring-Tailed Lemur is found in southern and southwestern Madagascar.  Their main habitat contains of many trees since

NATURAL HABITAT AND LOCATION

The Ring-Tailed Lemur is found in southern and southwestern

Madagascar.

Their main habitat contains of many trees since trees provide

them with many sources of food.

The yellow in the picture below shows the region the ring

tailed lemur is native to.

Page 4: NATURAL HABITAT AND LOCATION  The Ring-Tailed Lemur is found in southern and southwestern Madagascar.  Their main habitat contains of many trees since

Life Characteristics• Diet: They are herbivores that eat fruit they also eat leaves, tree bark,

and sap

• Size: Usually 17 ¾ inches and weigh 5 to 7 ½ pounds

• Housing Requirement: Spend most of their time on the ground, they bed in a tree close

• Climate Requirement: hottest, driest weather to the coldest, windiest weather.

• Relationships with Other Species: habitat loss and hunting

• Age in Reproduction: When they are two to two and a half years old

• How Often do they Reproduce: Mate in April through June give birth in August through September

Page 5: NATURAL HABITAT AND LOCATION  The Ring-Tailed Lemur is found in southern and southwestern Madagascar.  Their main habitat contains of many trees since

These animals stay in a

pack with usually thirty

to a pack.

Page 6: NATURAL HABITAT AND LOCATION  The Ring-Tailed Lemur is found in southern and southwestern Madagascar.  Their main habitat contains of many trees since

Why is this animal endangered?This animal is endangered due to the

destruction of their homes for human use.

Also they get sold at the black market as pets.

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Population

There are approximatelty between 10,000 to 100,000 ring tailed lemurs left.

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Conservation Acts

Put into zoos and reserves.Yes 2,500 have been put into zoos. The Lemur Conservation Foundation has helped put many ring tailed lemurs in zoos that needed helped.

Page 9: NATURAL HABITAT AND LOCATION  The Ring-Tailed Lemur is found in southern and southwestern Madagascar.  Their main habitat contains of many trees since

QUIZ

1. What are the climate requirements?

2. What is the lemur’s main habitat?

3. Where do ring tailed lemurs get put?

4. Why are ring tailed lemurs endangered?

True or False? Are lemurs group animals or single

living animals?

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Works CitedEpisode: Smelliest. National Geographic, n.d.

Web"Investigation." Ring-tailed Lemur. N.p., n.d.

Web. 27 Oct. 2014. Lemur Catta." Animal Diversity Web. N.p.,

n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2014."Lemur Conservation Foundation." Lemur

Conservation Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2014.

"Ring-Tailed Lemurs, Ring-Tailed Lemur Pictures, Ring-Tailed Lemur Facts - National Geographic." National Geographic. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2014.