Texas does not have laws that ban owning a primate. But the law does specify endangered species cannot be kept as pets and ...

Veterinarian Cathy Williams with a gray mouse lemur, the smallest lemur species housed at the Duke Lemur Center and the second smallest lemur in Madagascar. Some lemurs eat insects and grubs while ...

which is unusual among lemur species. They forage for fruit, which makes up the greater part of their diet, but also eat leaves, flowers, tree bark, and sap. Ring-tailed lemurs have powerful scent ...

They have cultural taboos against the hunting of both lemurs and tortoises (Ratsirarson, 2003) The research camp consists of a number of permanent buildings. Among these are a house where visiting ...