Lemurs, Lorises & Tarsiers (Primates)

Black and White Ruffed Lemur

An endangered species of ruffed lemur, one of two which are endemic to the island of Madagascar.

Ring-Tailed Lemur

Its distinctive ringed tail makes this the most recognizable of the lemurs. It lives in large, noisy groups, searching for fruit and leaves in the trees. It also spends a lot of time on the ground.

Gray Mouse Lemur

Microcebus murinus

Slow Loris

Moves slowly along branches and prefers to eat fruit. Like other lorises, it has skin glands on its oily forearms that produce an oily substance used to mark territory. It is also tocix.

Prosimians

The primate suborder that includes lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers

Senegal Bushbaby

Their alarm calls sound like human babies crying, which is how it got its name. These small primates hunt for insects by listening with large ears, which they can wrinkle and bend.

Aye-Aye

This extraordinary animal has a very slender middle finger that it uses to extract timber-boring insect grubs from their burrows. A mammal equivalent of a Woodpecker. It also uses its finger to scoop out fruit.

Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur

This huge-eyed nocturnal animal is the smallest of the tiny mouse lemurs and the smallest of all primates. It is very agile, climbing through trees in search of fruit, flowers, nectar, insects, and small vertebrates.

Coquerel's Sifaka

Females are dominant over males. When the troop finds a choice patch of leaves, the female eats first.

Verreaux's Sifaka

Highly specialized for climbing, this lemur cannot walk or run in the usual way. Instead it skips sideways over the ground on its hind legs, with its arms held out for balance.

Indri

The largest lemur, this strikingly patterned relative of the Sifaka is unique in having only a very short tail. It holds its body vertically while leaping through the trees and clings to branches with its large hands.

Greater Galago

The largest species of bushbaby, The species are found in coastal regions of East Africa

Blue-Eyed Black Lemur

The males and females of this species look entirely different. Males are black and females are reddish brown with paler fur on their underside. This is the only primate with blue eyes apart from humans

Philippine Tarsier

They are specialized leapers, using their long tails for balance and their long fingers and toes to grab on to branches.

Potto

They use their excellent sense of smell to find fruit and insects. It uses its human-like fingers to catch them.

Red Ruffed Lemur

Very vocal primates, they bark to stay together while feeding, and squawk to warn each other of danger. Their calls are essential to survival.

Greater Dwarf Lemur

When food is scarce, they become inactive to save energy living off fat stored in their tails.

Greater Bamboo Lemur

an easily recognizable primate with characteristic white tufts on its ears. This animal is the largest of the three bamboo lemur species.

White Footed Sportive Lemur

Given their name because they look like boxers when they are defending themselves. It devotes most of its time eating or resting.

Western Tarsier

Insect eating primates from the forests of Southeast Asia. They have long tails, large fingers and toes, and enormous eyes that help them with their Nocturnal Lives.

Slender Loris

Communicate with each other through a variety of whistles, hums, growls, and screams. They also use body language, facial expressions, huddling, grooming, and scent marking.

Mongoose Lemur

Eulemur mongoz

Angwantibo

a small prosimian of western Africa having a rather long snout and a rudimentary tail.

Primates

An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings; Includes the most intelligent animals.