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Ring-tailed Lemur in Madagascar
Madagascar's striped ambassador — a social lemur that sunbathes at dawn and carries its tail like a question mark.
The species
The ring-tailed lemur is Madagascar's most recognisable primate: grey-bodied with a long tail banded in black and white, used like a flag when troops march across spiny forest. Unlike most lemurs, ring-tails spend much time on the ground, foraging for fruit, leaves, and bark.
Habitat in Madagascar
Dry deciduous and gallery forest in southern and southwestern Madagascar holds ring-tailed lemurs. They need forest with access to open ground and are found in Isalo, Berenty, and Anja Community Reserve.
Where to spot one
Isalo National Park
Southwest Madagascar
Sandstone canyons and dry forest — ring-tailed lemurs, sifakas, and baobab-dotted horizons.
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
Eastern Madagascar
Rainforest reserve — indri lemurs whose haunting calls carry for kilometres through the mist.
Anja Community Reserve
Central Madagascar
Community-managed forest where ring-tailed lemurs sunbathe on granite boulders above the village.
Kirindy Forest
West Madagascar
Dry deciduous forest — fossa, giant jumping rats, and mouse lemurs after dark.
Conservation status
Ring-tailed lemurs are Endangered, with populations falling from habitat loss, hunting, and the pet trade. Protected reserves in Madagascar are critical to their survival.
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