Ring-Tailed Lemur
Like all species of lemur, the ring-tailed lemur (or Lemur catta) is native to Madagascar and is not naturally found anywhere else in the world.
Ring-tailed lemurs have a pointed muzzle, cat-like ears, and a long tail that has 12 or 13 white rings, 13 or 14 black rings, and a tip that is always black.
They are usually between 39cm and 46cm in size with a tail of 56cm to 63cm. They have an average weight of 2.2kg.
Lemur catta
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Dislikes rain and snow.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Short Grass | 10% | 40% |
| Sand | 0% | 20% |
| Soil | 10% | 80% |
| Rock | 0% | 40% |
| Waterlogged | 0% | 10% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Shares a cohabitation group with 1
Arboreal group
Cohabitation groups are the game's own sets of species for mixed habitats. Check space, terrain and temperature for a group in the habitat planner.
Barriers with resistance grade 2 or higher, not climbable 8
- 1-Way Glass grade 2 · $1
- Corrugated grade 2 · $1
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 3 m high. A water barrier works too: 3 m wide and 1 m deep. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 3
- Cardboard Box Toy · score 100 · $100
- Musical Keyboard Toy · score 150 · $100
- Tennis Ball Toy · score 100 · $100
Enrichment target: toys 80 + 15 per additional adult; feeders 5 + 3 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Leafy Greens and Vegetables + Nutritionally Complete Biscuits
- Food / drink amount
- 2 / 2.5
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $292 / $398 / $398
- Feeders
- Suspended Forager, Arboreal Feeding Platform 4m, Arboreal Feeding Platform 3m, Fruit Spike Tree, Melon Feeder, Suspended Perch Feeder, Suspended Puzzle Feeder
- Lifespan
- 16–27 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 3 yr / 6 yr / 10 yr / 16 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 0.37 yr / 0.63 yr
- Litter
- 1–1
- Fertility
- 0.3
- Mating system
- Promiscuous
- Breeds in
- Summer
- Dominance
- Matriarchal
- Wild population
- 2,000
- Guests flee if it escapes
- No
Ring-tailed lemurs live in family groups of up to 30 individuals called 'troops' that will travel and forage together. The females are interrelated, and the males migrate from their family group when they reach adulthood. Lemur troops spend daylight hours foraging for leaves and fruit, moving several kilometres a day. They are playful and friendly towards members of their own group but may be aggressive to other lemur troops.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Lemur catta
- Class
- Mammalia
- Conservation status
- Endangered
- Biome
- Tropical
- Continent
- Africa
- Cohabitation groups
- Arboreal group
- Content
- Base game