My Animal Report on the Ring Tailed Lemur

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My Animal Report on the Ring Tailed Lemur

• By Madison Wessler

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Screech, Screech, Screech. You hear a noise that
sounds like a key scratching on a car. Then a
face pops out at you. Then a black and white
ringed tail. Then the whole body. You notice that
its very monkey looking. The monkey looking
mammal with a black and white ringed tail happens
to be the ring tailed Lemur! Did you know that
Lemur means spirit of the evil dead? Well if you
want to know if this mammal from the Madagascar
which is in the Indian Ocean and east of Africa
is evil or not read on!
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The life Cycle

• Everything has a cycle of life. Would you like
  to know a ring tailed Lemurs? Well first a ring
  tailed Lemur female has live birth to 1-2 babies
  in August or October. Then when it starts to rain
  newborns ride on their mothers belly for their
  firs two weeks. Then later transfer to their
  mothers back. It takes two years for a ring
  tailed Lemur to become an adult. They will live
  up to 35 years.

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Adaptations

• What keeps an animal alive? Read on and Ill
  tell you! Its adaptations! Here are some of the
  ring tailed Lemurs. One adaptation of it is it
  uses its great jumping ability to jump over
  plants. Another adaptation is they will talk to
  each other when danger is close in distance.
  Finally the last adaptation is it marks its
  territory with its odor. Read more to know more
  amazing facts!

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Diet

• Now come and listen to what even keeps us
  alive. Its food! Ring tailed Lemurs love fruit
  and eat it if its available. It also eats
  flowers, seeds, plants and leaves. Leaves are
  last on the list though. Now lets sneak to the
  next slide without running into the ring tailed
  Lemur!

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I hope you learned a lot about the Ring Tailed
Lemur. Did you remember the question, evil or
not? Use all these facts and YOU tell ME!
Whenever you see a devious looking face with a
tail thats black and white and ringed. Youre
looking at the Ring Tailed Lemur!
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Resources

• http//www.wikianswers.com/
• Lemurs on location by Kathy Darling pages 8, 14,
  24, 30.