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Lemurs

By: Emily Mertz and Angela Sas. Lemurs. Habitat/Diet/Reaction towards humans. Habitat. Diet. Madagascar Good. Some people keep them as pets. Lemurs are herbivores. They eat plants, fruits, and insects. Family Life/Hunting or finding food. Family Life . Hunting or finding food!.

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Lemurs

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  1. By: Emily Mertz and Angela Sas Lemurs

  2. Habitat/Diet/Reaction towards humans Habitat Diet Madagascar • Good. Some people keep them as pets. Lemurs are herbivores. They eat plants, fruits, and insects.

  3. Family Life/Hunting or finding food Family Life Hunting or finding food! • Found in groups of 25 individuals…males and females. • They usually get there food from the forest tree’s or the plant’s off the ground.

  4. Diseases/ Species Diseases Species • No… Because people have them as pets, if they did have diseases people wouldn’t keep them. • The Ring- Tailed Lemurs species is Cheirogaleidae. • (KY-roh-GAL-uh-dee)

  5. Predator, Prey, or Both/Appearance Predator, Prey, or Both Appearance??? • Predator: Yes they are predators. • They have black and white tails and their body color is grey. They all have brown eyes. They all have a white belly.

  6. Defense?/ Known for? Defense Known for? • They are in groups so they all can help each other. • They are known for the movie Madagascar.

  7. Food for humans?/Hunted by humans? Food for humans? Hunted by humans? • No. People don’t eat them for food. • No. People do not hunt them.

  8. Endangered • Yes. They are named most endangered, because the forest where they make their homes are disappearing. People aren’t helping them. They are clearing the land to grow crops and coffee.

  9. Fun Facts! Weight: 6-7 pounds full grown. Land or Water???: Most Lemurs live on land. Kingdom: Animalia Threatened?: They are the most threatened animals known in the world.

  10. More Fun Facts about Lemurs!  • Frisky?: Lemurs can be really frisky but most are not. • Species living today?: Scientists are not sure how many or what kind of Species of Lemurs are living today on Madagascar. • Who’s in charge of the group?: Usually old female Lemurs are the head of the group.

  11. Want to know a little more? • Lemurs have long pointy noses and there black. • Back then there was over 100 species.

  12. Bibliography Buckingham, Suzanne. Meet The Ring-Tailed Lemur. New York, NY: Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2009. Kite, Lorien. Lemurs. Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier Group, Inc., 2008. “ Lemur Pictures.” Pattazhy. January 28, 2013 <http://pattazhy.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-mothers-loveanimal-mom-and-baby.html> “Baby Lemurs .” Lemurs . January 28, 2013 . <http://www.google.com/imgres?q=baby+lemurs&hl=en&safe=active&tbo=d&biw=1280&bih=933&tbm=isch&tbnid=pDAj5CunvVsQKM:&imgrefurl=http://themeparkadventurenews.blogspot.com/2010/05/baby-lemurs-born-at-busch-gardens.html&docid=06BonZxJ53TBAM&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5KyFAE4VX8E/S_mQP1PZWJI/AAAAAAAAAoE/dLxX0n_hDCM/s1600/lemur_01.jpg&w=1600&h=1100&ei=HIQJUfXPKvSI2gXXoYHgAg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:9,s:0,i:107&iact=rc&dur=2288&sig=104677777148791539633&page=1&tbnh=170&tbnw=264&start=0&ndsp=22&tx=119&ty=65>

  13. Bibliography (continued) • “Lemurs.” Google.com/ imgres. January 29, 2013. <http://www.google.com/imgres?q=baby+lemurs&start=187&hl=en&safe=active&tbo=d&biw=1280&bih=933&tbm=isch&tbnid=n0dBBiTcxfI-bM:&imgrefurl=http> • “Lemurs.” Zazzle. January 29, 2013. <://www.zazzle.com/mother_and_baby_lemur_photograph_poster-228708629982721302&docid=rIMBuSmzHSmYoM&imgurl=http://rlv.zcache.com/mother_and_baby_lemur_photograph_poster-r499f3615af734b019c1bff583fd114a4_zvr_400.jpg&w=400&h=400&ei=q4QJUcpmpMHZBc-WgbgN&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:98,s:100,i:298&iact=rc&dur=754&sig=104677777148791539633&page=8&tbnh=207&tbnw=215&ndsp=28&tx=116&ty=143> • “About Lemurs.” Google.com/imgres. January 29, 2013. <http://www.google.com/imgres?q=baby+lemurs&start=215&hl=en&safe=active&tbo=d&biw=1280&bih=933&tbm=isch&tbnid=BSuGFAKyKl6q0M:&imgrefurl=http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-108354515/stock-photo-baby-lemur-perched-on-the-end-of-a-branch-baby-lemur.html&docid=awUf04zeaMeRzM&itg=1&imgurl=http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/993533/108354515/stock-photo-baby-lemur-perched-on-the-end-of-a-branch-baby-lemur-108354515.jpg&w=299&h=470&ei=WoUJUYWwOoL-qwHonYHoBA&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:20,s:200,i:64&iact=rc&dur=929&sig=104677777148791539633&page=9&tbnh=195&tbnw=147&ndsp=29&tx=77&ty=82>

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