We get asked all the time: how can you tell the lemurs apart? Often, external cues help distinguish our residents, like radio collars and tail shaves. But some species exhibit a striking amount of individual difference, if you know what to look for! To celebrate World Lemur Day 2023, we’re offering a quick crash course […]
Someone call Britney Spears, because these triplets are toxic! On August 8, 2023, gray mouse lemur mom Fauna surprised her animal caretakers by giving birth to triplets. Ultrasounds throughout Fauna’s pregnancy had indicated that she was pregnant with twins, so the third infant was delightfully unexpected! Belladonna, the only female of the three infants, might […]
By Sally Bornbusch, Ph.D. and Sara Sorraia. Originally published in Duke Lemur Center Magazine in 2021. This fall, the Duke Lemur Center celebrates a transformational moment in its 55-year legacy of studying and caring for lemurs: the grand opening of the Anna Borruel Codina Center for Lemur Medicine and Research. Made possible thanks to an […]
On the morning of July 15, 2023, the Duke Lemur Center’s animal caretakers found that fat-tailed dwarf lemur Dominique Chicken had given birth in her nest box overnight to twins, a few days earlier than expected! Eider, the male infant, was born at 21.2 grams, and his sister Wigeon was born at 17.3 grams. […]
Meet Lunaria! On July 15, 2023, gray mouse lemur mom Teazel gave birth to a single female infant. Mouse lemurs most often give birth to twins, but Lunaria is one of a handful of singletons born this breeding season. Teazel has been a very attentive mom to her new daughter. Because adult gray mouse lemurs […]
On June 12th, 2023, experienced ring-tailed lemur mom Sophia gave birth to the only female ring-tailed lemur infant of the 2023 baby season! Nyx was born on the smaller side at 52 grams, but after plenty of nursing from mom, she weighed in at 77 grams just five days later. Nyx’s parents, Sophia and Randy, […]
It’s a Boy! Meet Baneberry When gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) Indigo strolled out of her nest box for breakfast on June 26, 2023, she was not alone; held gingerly in her mouth was a male infant, the first of our 2023 mouse lemur breeding season. Because adult gray mouse lemurs only weigh between 1 […]
