For the 1st time, a critically endangered mongoose lemur has been born at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.
The baby lemur’s mom and dad are Olivia, who has specified birth twice right before at other zoos, and Ignacio, who is a initially-time father, according to a put up on the zoo’s Fb website page. Olivia also is grandmother to a uncommon established of twins born in May possibly at the Saint Louis Zoo in Missouri.
The new Jacksonville household is now not on general public show and is “shelling out excellent time at the rear of the scenes,” in accordance to the zoo’s Fb put up, which provided no further information about the start or when it occurred.
The very last lemur born at the zoo arrived March 10, 2022, to blue-eyed black lemurs Hemsworth and Hendricks.
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Mongoose lemurs are indigenous to Madagascar, which is home to about 112 species, but are critically endangered for the reason that of hunting and reduction of habitat. The Jacksonville Zoo is a contributing member of the Madagascar Fauna & Flora Team, an international nonprofit consortium of zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens and universities performing to preserve the East African country’s biodiversity. The zoo also is one particular of 16 Association of Zoos and Aquariums associates that assist the populace of about 60 mongoose lemurs in the U.S., in accordance to the publish.
Zoo officials could not be reached for remark Monday.
According to a site submit in 2021, the Jacksonville Zoo has 5 species of lemurs, such as three breeding pairs: mongoose lemurs Olivia and Ignacio, Coquerel’s sifakas Gulliver and Aemilia and blue-eyed black lemurs Hemsworth and Hendricks.
Olivia’s grandbaby lemur twins at the Saint Louis Zoo, Odie and Beignet, ended up born to mom Tiana and father Felipe, according to a May 14 Fb publish.
Like the new Jacksonville lemur spouse and children, Tiana and her twins were being behind-the-scenes “to give the kids time to increase and the loved ones time to bond jointly,” in accordance to the publish. They have been to go on show later this summer months.
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The smallest species of their genus, mongoose lemurs weigh about 3 pounds. Their fur shade differs by gender: Males have reddish-brown cheeks and beard and a gray muzzle and experience, even though girls have white or creamy grey cheeks and beard and are likely to be a lighter grey in general, according to the Lemur Conservation Foundation. The basis is based mostly in Myakka Town, Florida, where by it runs a 130-acre lemur reserve, which includes a managed breeding plan.
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