Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
Varecia variegata
Mammalia
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Stats
- Lifespan
- 19-25 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Troop
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Madagascar
- Movement
- Climbing
- Breeding
- Live Birth
- Defense
- Warning Colors
- Status
- Critically Endangered
About
The black-and-white ruffed lemur is the world's largest pollinator — it buries its face in traveller's palms to drink nectar, accidentally dusting its ruff with pollen. Unlike most primates, it gives birth to litters of two to six infants and parks them in a leaf nest rather than carrying them.
Life cycle
- 1.newbornA live-born newborn nurses on its mother's milk and depends on her for warmth and protection.
- 2.juvenileA weaned juvenile begins eating solid food and learning from its parents or group.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Lemuridae
- Genus
- Varecia
- Species
- Varecia variegata