My Animal Report on the Ring Tailed Lemur By: Madison Wessler

Screech, Screech, Screech. You hear a noise that sounds like a key scratching on a car. Then a face pops out at you. Then a black and white ringed tail. Then the whole body. You notice that it’s very monkey looking. The monkey looking mammal with a black and white ringed tail happens to be the ring tailed Lemur! Did you know that Lemur means spirit of the evil dead? Well if you want to know if this mammal from the Madagascar which is in the Indian Ocean and east of Africa is evil or not read on!

The life Cycle Everything has a cycle of life. Would you like to know a ring tailed Lemurs? Well first a ring tailed Lemur female has live birth to 1-2 babies in August or October. Then when it starts to rain newborns ride on their mothers belly for their firs two weeks. Then later transfer to their mothers back. It takes two years for a ring tailed Lemur to become an adult. They will live up to 35 years. First a ring tailed Lemur female gives birth to 1-2 babies. When it rains the Babies will ride on Their mothers belly. Later they will ride on Their mothers back. It will take 2 years for It to become an adult

Adaptations What keeps an animal alive? Read on and I’ll tell you! Its adaptations! Here are some of the ring tailed Lemurs. One adaptation of it is it uses its great jumping ability to jump over plants. Another adaptation is they will talk to each other when danger is close in distance. Finally the last adaptation is it marks its territory with its odor. Read more to know more amazing facts!

Diet Now come and listen to what even keeps us alive. Its food! Ring tailed Lemurs love fruit and eat it if it’s available. It also eats flowers, seeds, plants and leaves. Leaves are last on the list though. Now lets sneak to the next slide without running into the ring tailed Lemur!

I hope you learned a lot about the Ring Tailed Lemur. Did you remember the question, evil or not? Use all these facts and YOU tell ME! Whenever you see a devious looking face with a tail that’s black and white and ringed. You’re looking at the Ring Tailed Lemur!

Resources Lemurs on location by Kathy Darling pages 8, 14, 24, 30.