Ring-tailed lemur: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ring-tailed lemur lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lemur catta
Group	Lemurs
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Mass	60 g (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Lemuridae

Where does the ring-tailed lemur live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ring-tailed lemur in 1 country or territory across Africa. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Madagascar.

Madagascar

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a ring-tailed lemur?

Wikidata records the following for the ring-tailed lemur: mass 60 g (birth weight).

Is the ring-tailed lemur endangered?

The ring-tailed lemur’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ring-tailed lemur?

The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Lemuridae, genus Lemur. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ring-tailed lemur

The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a medium- to larger-sized strepsirrhine (wet-nosed) primate and the most internationally recognized lemur species, owing to its long, black-and-white, ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the Lemur genus. Like all lemurs, it is endemic to the island of Madagascar, where it is endangered. Known locally in Malagasy as maky ([makʲ] , spelled maki in French) or hira, it ranges from gallery forests to spiny scrub in the southern regions of the island. It is omnivorous, as well as the most adapted to living terrestrially of the extant lemurs.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ring-tailed lemur (revision 1380253845), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q185385 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).