Black And White Ruffed Lemur
They are also one of the most endangered lemur species classified as critically endangered meaning they are one step away from being extinct in the wild.
Black and white ruffed lemur. Young stay in the nest while the female forages and until they are more independent. The black and white ruffed lemurs is one of the most iconic species of lemur with its distinctive black and white patterning a large white ruff of fur around their neck gives them their name. The black and white ruffed lemurs are one of the larger living species of lemur. Once there were lemurs nearly as big as a female gorilla.
V v rubra red ruffed lemur v v variegata black and white ruffed lemur. The ruffed lemur genus varecia is a member of the family lemuridae the extinct genus pachylemur most closely resembled the ruffed lemurs but died out after the arrival of humans. The black and white ruffed lemur varecia variegata is an endangered species of ruffed lemur one of two which are endemic to the island of madagascar despite having a larger range than the red ruffed lemur it has a much smaller population that is spread out living in lower population densities and reproductively isolated it also has less coverage and protection in large national parks than. Morland 1991 found that the black and white ruffed lemurs in her study site usually spent the night in large trees of two species with an average dbh of 61 5 and 118 1 cm and showed a slight tendency to feed in larger trees during the warm season when fruit.
Rigamonti 1993 found red ruffed lemurs rested slept and fed in trees with an average dbh diameter at breast height of 59 8 cm. Black and white ruffed lemurs are the only primates which have true litters of young. The genus varecia contains two species red ruffed lemurs and black and white ruffed lemurs the latter having three subspecies. For a more detailed discussion see tattersall 1982.
Varecia variegata variegata occurs.