Name: ELLUSIVE CAT LIKE FOSSA TRIPLETS | MADAGASCAR
Uploaded: 2022-10-21T10:29:54+00:00
Duration: 2 min 18 s
Description: 'Elusive' Cat-Like Fossa Triplets Born for the First Time at the Chester Zoo New Zealand's Wellington Zoo has more than doubled its population of endangered ring-tailed lemurs after its four females g

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'Elusive' Cat-Like Fossa Triplets Born for the First Time at the Chester Zoo

New Zealand's Wellington Zoo has more than doubled its population of endangered ring-tailed lemurs after its four females gave birth to twins,

the zoo's primate manager said on Tuesday.

Ring-tailed lemurs, endemic to Madagascar, are on the endangered list.
Wellington Zoo has only had ring-tailed lemurs for 18 months and got Zeus,
their male, at the beginning of 2022 with the hope they might be able to add to their population.

Primate manager Lisa Ridley said given all four adult female lemurs were first-time mums, they were not sure whether they'd have success with breeding them.

The population of ring-tailed lemurs, made famous by King Julien in the 2005 movie "Madagascar", is declining in the wild. One of the challenges is female ring-tailed lemurs are only sexually receptive for one or two days a year.

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