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Busch Gardens' Mills tapped to run BEC's Dubai empire  -  Sep 5, 2008
Orlando Sentinel,He's shown at left holding a red ruffed lemur in front of Busch Gardens' signature ride, SheiKra. The parks are being developed in partnership with Nakheel

Cleese prefers lemur to Sir  -  Jul 22, 2008
The Sun,Yesterday he met Colin the red ruffed lemur at Bristol Zoo — where he is performing to raise funds for conservation projects.

Baby lemurs at Sacramento Zoo are third round of offspring for ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
Sacramento Bee,By Bill Lindelof - blindelof@sacbee.com A baby black and white ruffed lemur rolls over and plays cute at the Sacramento Zoo in William Land Park.

BIAZA Appoints First External President  -  Aug 8, 2008
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News,He took up the post on 1 August, and on Tuesday 12 August he will be at ZSL London Zoo to meet staff and a black-and-white ruffed lemur, a threatened

Skull of Large Extinct Primate Reconstructed  -  Jul 28, 2008
LiveScience.com,A red-ruffed lemur living in Madagascar today weighs about 9 pounds (4 kg). The extinct lemur would have tipped the scales at about 65 pounds (29 kg).

Feeding creation wins third place in contest  -  Jul 27, 2008
Gisborne Herald,Choosing the ruffed lemur as their subject, Thomas and Liam created a wooden feeding machine designed to pour food into a dish at the push of a paw or foot.

Three times lucky  -  Jul 24, 2008
Western Telegraph,The black and white ruffed lemur, native to Eastern Madagascar, is classified as an endangered species. It is estimated that there are between just 1000

Nearly half of all the world's primates at risk of extinction  -  Aug 4, 2008
guardian.co.uk,The black-and-white ruffed lemur, (Varecia variegata) for example, was endangered and is now considered critically endangered. In Mexico, south and central

Lemur tots are triple whammy  -  Jul 23, 2008
The Sun,By SARA NELSON THREE may be a crowd but these two-week-old triplet lemurs are the star attraction at one Pembrokeshire farm. The black and white ruffed

In Pictures: Lemur triplets born on farm  -  Jul 21, 2008
CBBC Newsround,Black and white ruffed lemurs are an endangered species, and the numbers of them living in the wild are falling because their habitat is being destroyed.

Sacramento Zoo's baby lemurs ready to meet the public  -  Jul 31, 2008
Sacramento Bee,By Bill Lindelof - blindelof@sacbee.com Three baby black-and-white ruffed lemurs are the third set of offspring for their parents.

A nose-to-nose greeting at the fair  -  Jul 30, 2008
San Luis Obispo Tribune,Missy Lamar, general curator for Conservation Ambassadors Inc., gets a ‘greeting’ from Bakari, a black and white ruffed lemur from Madagascar.

Zoos across the US struggle to care for aging animals  -  Jul 19, 2008
Colorado Springs Gazette,At the St. Louis Zoo, the uncertainties of aging have keepers wondering about the well-being of Ruffes, a 31-year-old black-and-white ruffed lemur.

Piecing together an extinct lemur, large as a big baboon  -  Jul 28, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),This image shows a contemporary red-ruffed lemur living in Madagascar. This species is much smaller than the extinct Hadropithecus (about 9 lbs versus 65

DVD Review: Dr. Doolittle: Tail To The Chief  -  Apr 7, 2008
Monsters and Critics.com...“Lenore� the red ruffed lemur is one such endangered animal, and the whole family will be intrigued by her exotic beauty and story, and like us will want to

Extinction of rare species on Earth  -  Apr 11, 2008
Merinews,Jaguarndi, Lesser Anteater, Malyan Tapir, Pygmy Slow Loris, Red Ruffed Lemur, Bamboo Lemur, White Cheeked Gibbon, White Faced Saki Monkey , Sun Bears,

Animal Care Specialists Do More Than Meets the Eye at Busch Gardens  -  Apr 13, 2008
The Ledger,A visit found a black-and-white-ruffed lemur in a recovery room following surgery, but the facility was otherwise vacant except for humans.

Madagascar conservation map protects species in biodiversity hot spot  -  Apr 10, 2008
UC Berkeley,All species of lemurs are endemic to Madagascar, including the black-and-white ruffed lemur ( Varecia variegata, above) and the Perrier's sifaka

Surviving Pioneer Lemurs Celebrate A Decade In The Rain Forest  -  Nov 7, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Despite heart-breaking early losses of unsophisticated lemurs to some worldly-wise predators, the effort to reinvigorate black and white ruffed lemur

Lemur Island gets makeover  -  Nov 8, 2007
PensacolaNewsJournal.com,Four ringtailed lemurs joined their two black and white ruffed lemur friends back on Lemur Island — the habitat directly outside of the gift shop greeting

Rare lemurs get new home in Denver  -  Nov 28, 2007
Denver Post,The Denver Zoo has four other lemur species including the ring-tailed lemur, red ruffed lemur, white-collared brown lemur and the Coquerel's mouse lemur.

St. Ann's School Celebrates Recycling  -  Nov 9, 2007
Cincinnati Enquirer,...recycling with a visit from Busch Gardens and seaworld, including a southern ground hornbill, a red-ruffed lemur, an alligator, and a Virginia opposum.

25 primate species about to disappear  -  Oct 26, 2007
National Post,Photo: The Black and White Ruffed Lemur is classified as Endangered by the World Conservation Union. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

Dallas Zoo keeper visits Madagascar to study wildlife  -  Oct 27, 2007
Dallas Morning News,The mission was to study the endangered black-and-white ruffed lemur – another animal indigenous to Madagascar, which lies in the Indian Ocean off the

Roosevelt Zoo Helping to Save Black & White Ruffed Lemur | KXNet ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck,The screeching can be heard from a young female Black and White Ruffed Lemur named Matty. Matty was brought to Minot as part of a breeding program with the

New Lemur at Zoo  -  Aug 7, 2007
KFYR-TV,A young black and white ruffed lemur was brought to the Minot Zoo as part of a breeding program with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Ruffed Lemer

Zoo welcomes new wide-eyed wonder  -  Aug 11, 2007
Minot Daily News,Fingers, a 19-year-old red ruffed lemur, has been vasectomized so he can’t crossbreed with Maddie. Pickles, an 18-year-old black and white ruffed lemur,

10 cool things to know about Gainesville's zoo  -  Aug 16, 2007
Gainesville Sun,Asian small-clawed otter and red-ruffed lemur - through the Species Survival Plan, an international management effort for endangered species.



Halloween events in the Bay Area  Oct 31, 2006
...in conservation and propagation of rare and endangered species while offering children the opportunity to see animals such as the ruffed lemur or the jaguar. ... - abc7news.com,
Madagascar coming to Chahinkapa Zoo Mar 16, 2006
The zoo already has one black and white ruffed lemur and will obtain one from another facility. The fossa are coming from the San Diego Zoo. ...
Wahpeton Daily News,

Wishing a happy birthday to zoo Mar 5, 2006
A red ruffed lemur exhibit just opened, and as the weather warms, the zoo's flamingos will migrate to a new exhibit and visitors will have a chance to hand ...
Baltimore Sun,

Busch Gardens brings animals to South Side school for lesson Mar 9, 2006
...they brought the students five unusual creatures from around the world -- Harry the sloth, Morocco the African porcupine, a red ruffed lemur from Madagascar ...
ABC7Chicago.com,
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