Two ring-tailed lemur cubs, a species listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, have been born in the facilities of Loro Parque in Tenerife.
In a press release yesterday (Thursday), Loro Parque said they are delighted with the arrival of the newborns, as it means that five lemur cubs have been born in the habitat at the Tenerife zoo since the first couple arrived in 2017.
The constant and intensive animal welfare work carried out at Loro Parque is responsible for achieving the exact conditions that lemurs, like the rest of the species they look after, can reproduce successfully, because the correct physical, social, and emotional development of animals is encouraged at their facilities.
There are currently only 2,500 lemurs living in the wild, and although they are primates, their characteristics differ notably from the other species of this genus.
This is due to the evolutionary isolation in which they have developed, making them a taxon of primates with unique characteristics, inherited from the first primates that populated the earth.
Lemurs are highly sociable animals that live in family groups, so the birth of the young, for them, is an event that favours their well-being.
The young grow up under the care of the entire group, although they remain most of the time with their mothers. Their large round eyes, their hands with five prehensile fingers, their soft fur, and their long tail make them one of the most admired animals for their beauty.
Loro Parque said that preventing lemurs from becoming another extinct species involves keeping specimens under human care in parks that work under a scientific premise, for conservation and knowledge of the species.
