The very distinctive ring-tailed lemur, with its striking banded tail, is probably the best known species of Madagascan primates because it has been studied for many years. Despite being widely seen in captivity, the ring-tailed lemur is threatened with extinction in Madagascar due to the rapid loss of its habitat.
Ring-tailed lemurs were the first lemurs to be kept at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust arriving way back in 1964.
Since then a great deal of expertise has been gained with this species and various others, and we continue to make an extremely valuable contribution to lemur knowledge and captive management. Image by Colm Farrington.
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I had the pleasure of visiting the Durrell Wildlife Park last summer. It is a wonderful place in an obscure location in the Channel Islands between England and France. They have many types of lemurs there and are doing a lot of work breeding many types of animals.
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