Their story, personality and the details worth observing in person.
Meet Maki
Maki is an invented editorial name for this provisional profile. In the sample story, the animal curiously explores keeper-provided enrichment and often chooses the same quiet spot to rest. This individual profile does not describe a real specimen and will be replaced by Bioparco.
An individual, not just a species
The identity card of Maki
- Sex
- non specificato
- Origin
- The individual name, sex and story are invented provisional editorial content; scientific information refers to the species.
Verifiable facts and scientific language
Species profile
Ring-tailed lemur
Lemur catta
The ring-tailed lemur is it lives in female-led groups and spends considerable time on the ground.
- Class
- Mammalia
- Diet
- Omnivore
- IUCN status
- EN Endangered Endangered (EN) It faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild. IUCN Red List classification
- Natural habitat
- Dry forest, spiny scrub and rocky habitats.
- Distribution
- Southern and south-western Madagascar.
- Feeding
- Fruit, leaves, flowers and occasionally small invertebrates.
- Characteristics
- It lives in female-led groups and spends considerable time on the ground.
One fact to take home
Observe, connect, remember
In the morning it may face the sun in a characteristic warming posture.