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Ring-tailed lemur

Emur catta

Photo by sttweets
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Unfortunately I wasn't able yet to spot it in its real habitat. This was in the Amsterdam Zoo

Notes:

When visiting the zoo recently I found out the Ring-tailed lemur and the red ruffed lemur are no longer together in the zoo. Although they lived together for quiet some time they all of a sudden have gotten into a fight. It seems the zoo does change their behavior.

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Ring-tailed lemur

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Comments (12)
sttweets
I've added a note on their behavior towards the red-ruffed lemur: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6622700
Ashish
Look disturbed and angry... just feel in first picture..Nice show..!!
SaskiaTerlouw
They don't look very friendly. Nice shots though.
OemphaLoempha
Lovely shot. Beware of your picknick basket when these little critters are around!
sttweets
@LarsKorb. Thanks! It took some time to shoot these, since these animals never sit still very long :-). But is was really fun.
LarsKorb
Katta is the common name (the scientific name (ending) is catta - as you posted correctly)
sttweets
@LarsKorb Would Katta be a nickname, or a correction to the given scientific name?
LarsKorb
They're called Katta(s) if I am not totally wrong...

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