Red Ruffed Lemur

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Creature Conserve

Elif Ilkel

7 episodes

6 days ago

Meet wild animals up close and personal with the people that know them best! Dr Lucy Spelman is the author of National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia as well as a board-certified veterinarian in zoological medicine—one of handful in the world. Her patients have included giant pandas in China, Asian elephants in Burma, giant river otters in Guyana and mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Cover illustrations by Chloe Bulpin (Instagram: @chloebulpin)

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Red Ruffed Lemur

Creature Conserve

15 minutes 31 seconds

4 years ago

Red Ruffed Lemur

Maybe you've seen this animal at a trip to Madagascar or in a certain animated movie; nevertheless, they're amazing little creatures! They also have a unique physiology when it comes to iron absorption which leads us to ask 'How much we have to learn yet about wild animal nutrition?'

Cover image by Chloe Bulpin

Additional Resources:

Biology

https://lemur.duke.edu/discover/meet-the-lemurs/red-ruffed-lemur/
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/red-ruffed-lemur/

Conservation Status & Programs

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22920/115574598
https://www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/about/
https://www.lemurreserve.org/
https://iucnsos.org/updates-from-the-field-reducing-the-illegal-hunting-of-threatened-lemurs-in-madagascar/