Ring-tailed lemur

Lemur catta · Lemuridae

The ring-tailed lemur is a medium- to larger-sized strepsirrhine (wet-nosed) primate and the most internationally recognized lemur species, owing to its long, black-and-white, ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the Lemur genus. Like all lemurs, it is endemic to the island of Madagascar, where it is endangered.

Where the Ring-tailed lemur lives

Recorded in Madagascar (Africa).

Most records fall in Haute Matsiatra, Ihorombe, Anosy, Atsimo-Andrefana, Itasy and Bongolava.

See the Ring-tailed lemur’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Endangered (EN). In danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 910 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.