 The Ruffed Lemur lives in the humid rainforests of Eastern Madagascar  The Black and White Ruffed Lemur has a black and white coat also known as a pelage with white tuffed ears and bright yellow eyes.

 The Ruffed Lemur weighs about kg or lb  The Lemur is about4ft or 1.2m from the top of its head to the tip of its tail

 The Ruffed Lemur eats a variety of things. Those are leaves, nectar, flowers, stick insects, and fungi. But the main thing that it eats is fruit.  The Black and White Ruffed Lemur can have up to 1-3 infants a year.

 People are the Lemurs predator. They take them to there house and keep them as pets. Then eventually they die because the are not in there habitat.  The Ruffed Lemur is critically in danger. There are individuals per square mile. They are increasing more and more everyday.

 The Ruffed Lemur is endangered because people are cutting down trees where the lemurs live. The farmers are also burning the trees down so they could have more land to farm on.

 We are keeping them in zoos until the have young. Then they release them into the wild.

It lives up to 18 years. To communicate they make a loud screeching noise. TThere are usually 2-15 or more lemurs in a group at once. TThe Black and White Ruffed Lemur is the biggest lemur ever.

 Seneca Park Zoo (Black and White Ruffed Lemur)  Perth Zoo (Black and White Ruffed Lemur)  Cincinnati Zoo (Black and White Ruffed Lemur)  San Francisco Zoo (Black and White Ruffed Lemur) http;//