Habitat Loss Further Threatens Mammal December 3, 2006
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National Geographic has recently reported that due to human intrusion in Madagascar, the lamur is “facing critical habitat loss.” The lemur is only found in Madagascar and the ring-tailed lemur is currenly an endangered species.
Lemurs are small primates that are about the size of cats. They live in “troops” (average about 17 lemurs per troop) and live mostly in the tops of trees.
The ring-tailed lemurs are already endangered because “the sparse, dry forests they love are quickly vanishing,” so this new invasion of humans is not helping.
Two Ring-Tailed Lemurs
(Photo Credit: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Ring_tailed_lemurs.jpg)
Below is a link for the website with a video about the lemure habitat loss:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061129-lemur-video.html
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