Ringtail+Lemur

=**Ringtail Lemur**=

**-Scientific Classification:**

 * ==**Domain: //Lemurida Lemur Catta//**==
 * ====**Kingdom: //Animalia//**====
 * ====**Phylum//: **Chordata**//**====
 * ====**Class: Mammalia**====
 * ====**Order: Primates**====
 * ====**Family: Lemuridae**====
 * ===**Genus: Lemur**===
 * ===**Species: Catta**===

__**Habitat:**__
===**Madagascar is were you will find this amazing species of lemurs. The ringtail lemur stays on the south-eastern portion of this long island of madagascar. These animals dependent forest cover and can survive in such a dry environment. They rely on vegetation of lush area and always try to stay at high latitudes of the tropical forest of the island. This area doesnt recieve much rain fall throughout the year and the lemurs have to struggle to survive through the drought seasons. These dry times last to 7-8 months. The ringtail lemur is highly adaptable and can be found in a variety of environments like gallery forests, dense brush, spiny forests, low-lying limestone forests, and above the tree line up to heights of 2,500 m. They adapt to continuous temperature variation and droughts.**===

===**Ringtail lemurs are sympatric with nine other primates in their range. In the dry seasons of madagascar, the resources are limited so the lemurs become competitive for the food that they recieve. They also compete with other species of lemurs in the range. There has been no record of a domaint predator of the ringtail lemurs but there had been recordings of fossas or various snakes eating infant ringtail lemurs. The ringtail lemurs start their day off by waking up and split in two parties from the sleeping grounds. One group will go out for food and the second group will go out "sunning". Sunning is when the lemurs go to a hot area and bath their bodies from the sun. The sit down on their bottoms and open their legs in a spread eagle postion. This postion is very similiar on how a human will sit down and relax. This trait is very similiar on what humans do like tanning. They are generally 6-7 pounds and they have a gray outer coat with a thin white underbelly. Their front legs are shorter than their hind legs. They have long, slender fingernails, similiar to human nails. Their most physical characteristic is their long, bushy, black, and white ringed tail. They use their tail for balance and communication. Their muzzle is dark gray and their eyes are yellow surrounded by orange. The way they communicate is with loud meows, screeches, purrs, other sounds depending on the situation.**===