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Thursday, April 14, 2005
Red-ruffed lemur twins born at Woodland Park
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF
A pair of red-ruffed lemurs were born Monday evening at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo.
The twins, a male and female, are the second birth of the species at the zoo in two years. The babies, which will be off public exhibit for a few months, weigh 2.8 and 3.3 ounces each and appear to be healthy.
Lemurs are native to Madagascar, and red-ruffed lemurs live in deciduous tropical forests of the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar, at elevations to 3,300 feet.
Woodland Park Zoo participates in the Red-ruffed Lemur Species Survival Plan, a cooperative breeding program to help sustain the population of the primate species in North American zoos. Scientists estimate that less than 10,000 red-ruffed lemurs remain in the wild.
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