Mark Hudson

Lemurs are part of the monkey family. There are lots of different lemurs. Some are awake in the day and asleep at night. Lemurs are primates belonging to the suborder Strepsirrhini. Like other strepsirrhine primates, such as lorises, pottos, and galagos, they share ancestral (or plesiomorphic) traits with early primates. In this regard, lemurs are … Read more

Lemurs share resemblance with other primates, but evolved independently from monkeys and apes. Due to Madagascar’s highly seasonal climate, lemur evolution has produced a level of species diversity rivaling that of any other primate group. What did the lemur evolve from? Lemurs are thought to have evolved during the Eocene or earlier, sharing a closest … Read more

Lemurs have both natural and introduced predators. Native predators include the Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), Madagascar Harrier-hawk (Polyboroides radiatus), Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus) and the Madagascar Ground Boa (Acrantophis madagascariensis). Is a lemur a predator or or prey? The Lemur doesn’t have very many natural predators out there. However, there are a few of them that … Read more

However, in Texas, you can own any species of lemur. The most common is the ring-tailed lemur, made famous from the film Madagascar. There are other species out there, such as the ruffed and brown lemur. If you purchased your Lemur from me you live in Texas . Do yourself and your Lemur a favor, … Read more

This means you can only buy a lemur if the seller is located in your state, which severely restricts access to them. Texas and Florida appear to be the states that have the most lemur breeders and the animals are legal as pets there (in Florida, you will need to obtain a No-Cost Class 3 … Read more

Lemur-like fossils are found in Wyoming and in the Paris Basin, dating to about 50 M years ago, although molecular evidence suggests they originated much earlier, perhaps in the southern hemisphere. True lemurs now exist only in Madagascar which the monkeys and apes never reached. A frequent query we ran across in our research was … Read more

Native Habitat Ring-tailed lemurs live in southwestern Madagascar, in arid, open areas and forests in territories that range from 15 to 57 acres (0.06 to 0.2 square kilometers) in size. Communication As with all lemurs, olfactory communication is important for ringtails. When we were reading we ran into the inquiry “Where are ring tailed lemurs … Read more

Lemurs are docile, gregarious animals ; some species live in groups of 10 or more. Most of their time is spent in the trees eating fruit, leaves, buds, insects, and small birds and birds’ eggs, but diet varies among different species. Some, for example, are mainly insectivorous, whereas others feed almost exclusively on foliage. While … Read more

Here’s a list of common foods that lemurs eat: Bamboo Bird Eggs Flowers Frogs Fruit Herbs Insects Leaves Lianas Mice Pollen Sap Seeds Shrubs Tree bark Vegetables More. What do lemurs eat? Lemurs are arboreal animals which means they spend most of their time in the trees. This explains that for the most part, their … Read more

As a bit of reassurance, when looking at predators that they find in the wild, lemurs are surprisingly strong. Groups of lemurs are known as a conspiracy, and for a good reason too! They work together to defend themselves against predators. They are native only to the island of Madagascar. Most existing lemurs are small, … Read more