Sophia’s twins have been adopted! Learn about their adopter and the significance of their names in their birth announcement.
Meet Elisabet and Doris! These endangered ring-tailed lemurs, born on March 27, are the sixth and seventh offspring of 19-year-old Sophia and 19-year-old Randy. They join older sisters Nemesis and Nyx in this family of six.
Elisabet and Doris were both born on the smaller side, but what they lack in size, they make up for in tenacity! Keepers who care for the family have described the twins as brave, resilient, curious, playful, and adventurous. They love exploring their forest enclosure with their family, always making sure to stick close to mom and dad. From a very young age, the infants have bounced around their enclosure, climbing up trees and fences on their own.
Sophia is a very protective mother, not letting her rowdy older daughters get too close to the infants, and Randy is a doting dad who doesn’t mind when the twins jump on his back or pull his tail.
At the DLC, ring-tailed lemurs are generally given literary names, and recent births have included Atticus and Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), Merry and Eowyn (The Lord of the Rings), Mr. Popper (Mr. Popper’s Penguins), and Gatsby (The Great Gatsby). This family, however, is from a special line of ring-tailed lemurs that has Greek-themed names.
With a tax-deductible donation of $20,000 to the DLC’s Animal Care Fund or General Operations Fund, you can name and symbolically adopt Sophia’s twins! (That’s right, both of them!) To get started, please email us at adoptalemur@duke.edu. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Want to see more infants available for symbolic adoption? Return to the Baby’s First Year: Ultimate Adoption Package homepage.
