Ruffed Lemur

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Ruffed Lemur

or vari (Lemur variegatus), a mammal of the lemur family, order of primates. Length of body, up to 60 cm; tail, up to 60 cm. The ruffed lemur has thick fur covered with large black and white (or reddish) spots of various shapes; the tail is black and bushy; around the neck and ears is a fluffy ruff of white fur. The animal’s coloring is very variable. Ruffed lemurs are widespread on the northeastern coast of Madagascar. They live in herds of ten to 15 individuals in the crowns of trees in tropical forests and feed mainly on plants. It is a nocturnal animal. The female bears two or three offspring. The species has been almost annihilated.

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No references found			And spend time in Lemur Wood, a one-acre walkthrough enclosure that's home to dozens of endangered black-and-white, ring-tailed, black and ruffed lemurs, and part of an international conservation programme with Madagascar for these enigmatic creatures. CRACKING EASTER AT DUDLEY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) To celebrate the opening of the animal-themed movie Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, pupils from St Cuthbert's Primary in Stechford will meet Hardy, a red ruffed lemur who lives in the Lemur Wood at Dudley Zoological Gardens, at the IMAX Cinema at Millennium Point on Thursday. Furry friend takes a bow at preview by Birmingham Mail (England) The black-and-white ruffed lemur, ( Varecia variegata ) for example, was endangered and is now considered critically endangered. Nearly half of all the world's primates at risk of extinction by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			Rudolph, Paul Marvin Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph, Wilma Rudolph, Wilma Glodean Rudolphi, Karl Asmund Rudolstadt rudus Rudzinskii, Dionisii Rudzinskii, Dionisii Leopoldovich Rudzki anomaly Rudzki, Maurycy Rudzutak, Jan Rudzutak, Jan Ernestovich rue rue family rue oil Rueda, Lope De Ruef, Abraham Rueff, Jacques Leon Rueff, Jacques Léon Rueil-Malmaison ruellia Ruff ruffed grouse Ruffed Grouse Society Ruffed Lemur Ruffianism Ruffin, Edmund Ruffin, George L. Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffini cylinder Ruffini, Giovanni Domenico Ruffini, Paolo ruffle ruffled groove cast Ruffo Di Bagnara, Fabrizio Ruffo, Fabrizio Ruffo, Titta Rufiji Rufina Dmitrievna Nifontova Rufina Nifontova Rufinus Rufisque RUFL rufous Rufus rug rug and carpet Rugby rugby league rugby union			Rufen rufescence rufescences rufescent ruff ruff ruff Ruff (bird) Ruff (cards) Ruff (disambiguation) Ruff (disambiguation) Ruff Figural Fluency Test Ruff Mutt Border Collie Rescue Ruff Ryder Records Ruff Ryders ruff-like ruff-like Ruffage Ruffage Ruffe Ruffe ruffed ruffed ruffed grouse ruffed grouse ruffed grouse Ruffed Grouse Society ruffed grouses ruffed grouses ruffed grouses Ruffed Lemur ruffed lemurs ruffed lemurs ruffed maucaco ruffes ruffes RUFFF ruffian ruffian ruffian Ruffianage Ruffianish ruffianism ruffianism ruffianism Ruffianlike ruffianly ruffianly Ruffianous ruffians ruffians Ruffies Ruffies Ruffin Ruffin, Edmund Ruffin, George L. Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre ruffing ruffing Ruffing Montessori School Ruffini corpuscle

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