A pale fork-marked lemur clings upsidedown to a branch. It has brown fur with dark markings on its face.
How's it hanging?!
This pale fork-marked lemur is out cruising at night, which makes sense since they are nocturnal!
📷: Guilherme Siniciato Terra Garbino
A ring-tailed lemur licks its baby that is holding on to her body.
A mother's love! 👅
📷:Tim L. Productions on Unsplash
A sportive lemur partially hidden by leaves and branches. It has grey fur and large brown eyes.
Peekaboo! This Hubbard's sportive lemur may be a bit hidden but those eyes are hard to miss. They prefer dry and deciduous forests and are found in n Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park in southwestern Madagascar. #FunFactFriday
📷: Samuel DeRycke
a profile of a crowned lemur. It has red, brown and grey fur and light brown eyes.
Check out the teeth on this crowned lemur! While these top teeth are on view, their lower incisors, along with their bottom canine teeth form a tooth comb that is used for grooming!
📷: Angela from Pixabay
Three adult and one baby ring-tailed lemur huddle together on grass.
Sundays are for snuggles! Check out this adorable ring-tailed lemur family!
📷: Nicky ❤️🌿🐞🌿❤️ from Pixabay
A gray mouse lemur clings to a small branch. It has gray fur and large brown eyes.
The gray mouse lemur is the second smallest lemur weighing in at only 1 ½ – 3 ounces (58 - 67 g)! #FunFactFriday
📷: Gabriella Skollar
We are a chameleon only account now... April Fools!
We focus on lemur conservation at LCN but we love all of the wildlife of Madagascar and the incredible people working to conserve them! Check out this story of herpetologist Fandresena Rakotoharimalala who is on a mission to save chameleons!
A close up photo of a red-ruffed lemur. It has red fur, a black face, and light green eyes. Two of its teeth are visible below its lip.
Red-Ruffed Lemurs are the most frugivorous of all the lemurs! That means they love eating fruit! #TeeferTuesday
📷: Mathias Appel
A ring-tailed lemur with a surprised look on its face. It has white and grey fur and light brown eyes.
That feeling when the weekend is almost over! #SundayScaries
Did you know that ring-tailed lemurs' tails are longer than their body?! The more you know!
📷: Mathias Appel
Rethinking conservation this International Women’s Month!
Meet Alison Richard—anthropologist, author of The Sloth Lemur’s Song, and a leading voice challenging how we understand conservation in Madagascar.
🔗 Read the full interview and get inspired!
A northern bamboo lemur sits on a thin branch with lush greenery all around it. It has grey and reddish fur with brown eyes.
Did you know that Northern Bamboo Lemurs don't just eat bamboo? They will eat grass, ginger stalks, and even snack on domestic fruits when their primary food is not readily available. #FunFactFriday
📷: Deb Bradley
A Verreaux's Sifaka has a green leaf in its mouth. The lemur has white and brown fur, a black face, and light brown eyes.
On #TastyTuesday this Verreaux's Sifaka is enjoying a leafy snack! They are primarily herbivorous, with a diet consisting of mostly leaves, fruits, and seeds!
📷: Greg Taylor Photography www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
A baby sifaka's head peeks out from its mother who is clinging to a tree.
#SundaysAreForSnuggles and #Sifakas
Can you spot the baby Verreux's Sifaka clinging to its mother? These cuties will stay close to their moms until they begin eating solid foods and venturing beyond the safefy of their mothers.
📷: Bob Brewer
🎧🐢Women leading the way this International Women’s Month!
Tune in to Wildlife Health Talks #74 featuring Ny Aina Tiana Rakotoarisoa, a veterinarian and conservation leader working to protect the critically endangered radiated tortoise in Madagascar.
A female blue-eyed black lemur sits on a log. She has reddish brown fur and bright blue eyes.
Meet this stunning female blue-eyed black lemur! Unlike the jet-black males, females sport gorgeous reddish-brown to orange fur—making this species one of the most dramatically color-different (aka sexually dichromatic) lemurs out there. #FunFactFriday
📷: Mathias Appel
A tiny mouse lemur clings to a tree branch at night, its large eyes peer into the darkness of the forest.
Tiny primate, big claim to fame! Lemurs in the family Cheirogalidae hold both the smallest titles among lemur families. Within this group are the adorable mouse lemurs, like this one that are some of the tiniest primates on Earth.
📷: Cheryl Antonucci
One ring-tailed lemur has its snout next to another who is looking right at the camera.
Coming in for a Sunday smooch! Did you know that ring-tailed lemurs live in troops of up to 30 members! Lots of love to spread around!
📷: Diana Parkhouse on Unsplash
A hairy-eared dwarf lemur clings to a tree branch at night, its large reflective eyes shining in the darkness as it surveys the forest around it.
Hairy-eared dwarf lemurs may be tiny, but their social lives are surprisingly complex! These nocturnal primates often form long-term pairs and sleep together in small groups high in the trees. But they are not always exclusive! #FunFactFriday
📷: globalherping/iNaturalist/Creative Commons
Who is in charge? These leaping lady lemurs!
A male silky sifaka sits in a small tree. It has white fur, brown marking on his chest, and a black face.
Do you know how you can tell if a silky sifka is a male or a female? Check out their chests! Adult males have a large brown marking on their chests that comes from scent-marking with their sternal gular gland.
What a handsome fella!
📷: Eric Mathieu
A Milne-Edwards’ sifaka with thick black fur sits upright on a tree branch in a lush forest canopy, surrounded by green leaves as it reaches for some leaves.
Happy #SifakaSunday! 🌿
Milne-Edwards’ sifakas like to keep things cool. These fluffy black-and-white lemurs live high in Madagascar’s primary rainforests—usually between 1,640 and 4,920 feet (500–1,500 m) above sea level.
📷: Greg Taylor Photography www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
It's #ScholarshipSaturday! Researchers discovered that the red-bellied lemur and the red-fronted lemur often keep the adventure going at night—sometimes traveling even farther than they do during the day. Meanwhile, the black-and-white ruffed lemur prefers more daylight activity.
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A Decken's sifaka sits in the crook of a tree. It has white fur, a black face, and yellow eyes.
Meet Decken’s sifaka!
One of nine sifaka species, these acrobatic lemurs spend their days searching for food. With powerful hind legs, they launch themselves from tree to tree—sometimes gliding through the air with parachute-like folds along their sides.
📷: Cheryl Antonucci
The golden bamboo lemur, can eat 12 times the lethal dose of cyanide for its size! Whoa, what an incredible adaptation!
A Coquerel's sifak hold onto a small branch. It's mouth is slightly open. It sits against a green leafy background.
This Coquerel's Sifaka loves #TongueOutTuesday! Sifakas have an appetite for foliage and fruit. Theirs mall intestines are really long, 9 times their body length which help them digest their tasty meals!
📷: Anjajavy le Lodge - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
A eastern gray bamboo lemur holds onto a tree trunk while holding onto a leaf in its hand. It has gray fur and brown eyes.
Leaf it to the pros1 The eastern gray bamboo lemur snacks like a specialist — in the dry season, mature bamboo leaves are on the menu, and at times bamboo makes up 90% of their diet!
📷: Greg Taylor Photography www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
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a black and white ruffed lemur sits on the ground. It has bright, light green eyes.
The beautiful black and white ruffed lemurs have thick fur that is perfect for its wet and occasionally chilly home in the canopies of the tropical forests of eastern Madagascar! #FunFactFriday
📷: Mathias Appel
Need a wakeup call? Check out this short video of mouse lemurs waking up from a type of snooze called torpor, which they use as a survival technique.
A common brown lemur peers at the camera from high in a tree surrounded by green leaves.
Just taking a peek!
Common brown lemurs can be found in the dry forest in the north-west of Madagascar will another population is found in the mountain rainforests in the east.
📷: Samuel DeRycke