The new resident of the Regional Landscape Park is 3 years old, and it is the representative of rare species of Madagascar lemurs – the black-and-white ruffed lemur.
According to the words of Feldman Ecopark’s deputy director of zootechnics Valeriia Ivashchenko, the new one currently undergoes all the necessary veterinary examinations in order to join the congeners.
“The black-and-white ruffed lemur is larger than the red ruffed lemur. The animal is in quarantine now, but the visitors will be able to meet it in spring. The animal feels fine; it is affectionate, likes to play and is easy to get in touch with. We hope to find a couple for it soon,” Valeriia Ivashchenko tells.
The black-and-white ruffed lemur is the largest representative of Lemuridae family. They weign up to 4,5kg, body length is 55cm, tail length is 60cm. These animals are unique because of the fact that they live only in rainforests in eastern Madagascar at an altitude of up to 1,200m. The rainforests are their home. Spending the whole life on the trees, they don’t need even to climb down for watering, because their food consisting of fleshy fruits, browses and partly insects compensates this need in full. The black-and-white ruffed lemurs make families of 5-20 animals, and each of the groups has own territory protected with the help of specific, scary screams. That is why they are called lemurs, which means “spirits of the dead” in Latin. The animals are in the Red List.
The collection of Feldman Ecopark already includes a family of the black-and-white ruffed lemurs, which bred this May.
It should be also reminded that last week, two females of red ruffed lemurs settled in Feldman Ecopark.
