Red Ruffed Lemur

Frezy’s Frightening Forest Adventures

February 18, 2021 by Lemur Conservation Foundation

It’s been an exciting winter here at LCF as we introduced our youngest red ruffed lemur, Frezy, to his family’s forest home! To the surprise of our staff, this forest introduction has taken much longer than we typically expect for one BIG reason- Frezy is scared of trees! He is scared of the sound of... Continue Reading

Our red ruffed lemur infant has a name

August 19, 2020 by Lemur Conservation Foundation

In July, we shared news about our newest addition (Exciting lemur infant news), a red ruffed lemur infant born on May 25, 2020 to Ravina. He's growing in leaps and bounds, and now we're excited to announce that a name has been chosen for him. LCF names our red ruffed lemurs with a Malagasy theme... Continue Reading

Exciting lemur infant news

July 8, 2020 by Lemur Conservation Foundation

The Lemur Conservation Foundation is delighted to announce the birth of a critically endangered red-ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra). This little boy was born in the late hours on May 25. Thanks to this year’s amazing donations of several WiFi cameras from our supporters, staff were able to observe the birth from afar, watching for any... Continue Reading

Meet red ruffed lemur Volana

March 20, 2020 by Lemur Conservation Foundation

Volana is one of seven red ruffed lemurs at the Lemur Conservation Foundation reserve. Living in a bachelor group for many years, Volana and his brother Rivotra were recently re-introduced to their father Tsikey, his partner Ravina, and their son Afo. The new family of five are living in one of LCF’s free-ranging forest habitats.... Continue Reading

Ranomamy’s forest habitat introduction

January 21, 2020 by Lemur Conservation Foundation

We've got an update for you about red ruffed lemurs Ranomamy and Zazabe since our blog post in December, Welcome our new red ruffed lemur. It was an exciting time when Ranomamy arrived and was introduced to Zazabe, and now we've introduced him to our forest habitat. Partnered with free ranging pro Zazabe, he has... Continue Reading

Welcome our new red ruffed lemur

December 19, 2019 by Lemur Conservation Foundation

LCF has welcomed a sweet natured, handsome young red ruffed lemur named River from the Henson Robinson Zoo. He’s become known as ‘Ranomamy,’ Malagasy for ‘river,’ to reduce confusion with LCF resident Rivotra (‘wind’), and to have a nickname that matches our Malagasy-themed names for this species at the reserve. River joined us through a... Continue Reading