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We believe lemurs can be saved from extinction if we all work together. Visit our website at lemurconservationnetwork.org to learn about lemurs, celebrate the World Lemur Festival, and find out how you can help. Celebrate World Lemur Day on Oct 31, 2025!
A crowned lemur on the forest floor with its tongue out. It has grey fur on its body and red, grey, and black fur on its face and head.
This crowned lemur may be showing off that tongue, but when it comes to staying connected, it’s all about the sound! Crowned lemurs often split into small foraging subgroups of 1–4 individuals and use loud, “piercing yaps” to keep track of one another when they’re far apart.
📷: Deb Bradley
A red-bellied lemur rests on a tree branch with its eyes half-closed.
#SnoozySunday Even when they look ready for a nap, red-bellied lemurs are devoted family members! These lemurs typically live in small groups made up of an adult breeding pair and their offspring—usually two to ten individuals.
📷: Mathias Appel
A golden bamboo lemur clings to a bamboo stalk in a lush green forest, gripping the stem with its hands and feet while nibbling on fresh bamboo shoots.
#FunFactFriday This golden bamboo lemur may be focused on its meal, but did you know these primates are expert tree travelers? They live in social groups within territories up to 80 hectares—yet usually travel less than 1,312 feet (400 meters) a day!
📷: Justin Philbois
A black-and-white ruffed lemur sits perched on a thin branch, its long black tail hanging straight down beneath it.
Black and White Ruffed lemurs are the largest quadrupedal lemurs in Madagascar. Their bodies measure about 20 inches long, but that extra-long tail—stretching around 23 inches—does some serious work, helping them balance as they move through the rainforest canopy.
📷: Charles J. Sharp
Parents and educators—looking for a fun way to teach kids about lemurs? Our FREE Lemur Activity Guide is a 41-page collection of quick, engaging activities for all ages, perfect for classrooms, zoos, camps, or World Lemur Day events — most taking just 5–10 minutes.
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A female red-fronted brown lemur sits alert and facing the camera. Her reddish-brown fur contrasts with a black stripe running down the center of her face. Her light brown eyes stand out against her dark nose as she looks calmly ahead
Red-fronted brown lemurs are sexually dichromatic—which means males and females wear totally different looks!
All red-fronted brown lemur babies are born looking like adult males! Females don’t start developing their signature coloring until they’re about 3–4 months old.
📷: Jeffrey Gibbs
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A ring-tailed lemur faces the camera with its tongue playfully sticking out, its bright eyes visible against a grey background
This ring-tailed lemur is serving up a little attitude! Ring-tails have a super flexible diet, munching on fruits, leaves, flowers, bark, sap, and even the occasional invertebrate. Adaptable, curious, and not afraid to stick their tongue out about it. #TongueOutTuesday
📷: Postdlf
Adorable!
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A baby ring-tailed lemur sits on its mother's back
What is cuter than a baby lemur?! This youngster is old enough to ride "jockey style" on its mother's back. Until they are about two weeks old, babies cling to their mother's chests!#SundaysAreForSnuggles
📷: Anil Öztas
A crowned lemur pauses with its tongue playfully sticking out, framed by leafy forest greens.
#TongueOutTuesday from the canopy! This crowned lemur is serving attitude with a side of ecology. Crowned lemurs roam all levels of the forest—favoring the treetops but happily heading to the ground to snack on fallen fruit, lick mineral-rich dirt, or travel with their group.
📷: Mathias Appel
Ever wonder what a lemur sounds like? Well perk up your ears for the varied calls of these wonderful primates!
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two photos of Coquerel's sifakas leaping from the ground.
Caught mid-air! These two photos show Coquerel’s sifakas doing what they do best—leaping. Unlike other lemurs, they move through the trees by sitting upright and springing from branch to branch using the powerful strength of their back legs. Talk about leg day.
📷: Charles J. Sharp
Meet MJ Ingmanson—field researcher and sifaka superfan!
MJ takes us on the ground in Madagascar at Centre ValBio in Ranomafana National Park, sharing what it’s like to study Milne-Edwards’ sifakas, collaborate with local communities, and turn research into real conservation impact.
A photo of a small-toothed sportive lemur. It is head peeks out of the trunk of a tree. It has large brown eyes.
Those big eyes might steal the show, but this is the small-toothed sportive lemur named for what you can’t see! They lack permanent incisors and have smaller molars than other sportive lemurs. #FunFactFriday
📷: Charles J. Sharp
An indri leans back, head reared and mouth open mid-call, sending its song into the forest canopy.
Indris are the only lemurs that communicate by song. Their powerful, melodic calls rise and fall, echoing for miles to keep group members connected, warn neighbors to stay back, and even share details about who’s in the group. What else might their music be saying?
📷: Frank Vassen
A silky sifaka with a pink face with some black markings and white fur.
Pretty in pink (and black)! 🩷 🖤
This silky sifaka is rocking a one-of-a-kind look. While all silky sifaka infants are born with black skin, they lose pigmentation as they age—resulting in faces that can be pink, black, or a beautiful mix of both. No two faces are exactly alike!
📷: Simponafotsy
Two ring-tailed lemurs sit close together on a log. Two others sit near by.
Is there anything as cute as a couple lemurs getting cozy?! Ring-tailed lemurs live in social groups that range from three to twenty five individuals! #SundaysAreForSnuggles
📷: Mathias Appel
What's for dinner? 12 times the lethal dose of cyanide! Bamboo lemurs have a crazy diet!
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A pale fork-marked lemur hanging upside down from a tree branch at night, its eyes glowing in the darkness as it grips the branch with nimble limbs.
Fork-marked lemurs and African needle-clawed galagos are a classic case of convergent evolution—they’re both small, nocturnal, primates with strikingly similar looks and lifestyles. The twist? They live about 3,000 miles apart and aren’t closely related
📷: Guilherme Siniciato Terra Garbino
An indri lemur perched high in a forest tree with its mouth open, tongue visible, surrounded by green leaves against the canopy.
Tongue Out Tuesday! 🌿
When your lunch is mostly leaves, you need some serious mouth power. This indri is caught mid-munch high in the trees, tongue out and working overtime to tackle a leafy meal.
📷: @GregTaylorPho Taylor Photography www.instagram.com/gregtaylorph...
Happy New Year from the Lemur Conservation Network!
📷: Mathias Appel
A female Verreaux’s sifaka sits upright on a tree branch, her soft white fur glowing in the sunlight as her baby clings tightly to her back, tiny hands gripping her fur.
#SundaysAreForSnuggles
This mom and baby Verreaux’s sifaka are serving peak cuddle goals. Sifaka moms invest a lot in their babies—timing births to when conditions are just right and balancing the energy it takes to raise a youngster in Madagascar’s unpredictable environment.
📷: William Stephens
a male red-bellied lemur crouches in a tree. It has red fur and white markings around his brown eyes.
#FunFactFriday !
Born at the start of the wet season, red-bellied lemur infants spend their first weeks clinging tight to mom—then take their first wobbly steps around week five. Both mom and dad carry the baby (though dads do most of the hauling as the little ones grow).
📷: Mathias Appel
Today is one of the last chances to take part in the Conservation Allies Giving Campaign. Through December 31, every donation is matched dollar-for-dollar to support 15 Malagasy organizations protecting lemurs and their forests.
Don’t wait—give now and make your impact twice as big!
A ring-tailed lemur looks directly at the camera, surrounded by green foliage.
Hey you! Did you know there is only a few more days left in the Conservation Allies Giving Campaign? Through December 31, donations are matched to support 15 Malagasy organizations protecting lemurs and their forests.
www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/conservation...
📷: Mathias Appel
The Nelicourvi weaver bird is perched on a branch. It has a black head, yellow neck, grey body, and a brown and black tail.
We love ALL the wildlife of Madagascar, not just the lemurs and there are over 110 species of the birds found in the country are endemic meaning they are found no where else on earth!
Donate for bird conservation here: conservationallies.org/partners/asi...
📷: Francesco Veronesi
A ring-tailed lemur sticks its tongue out as it eats some leaves.
For #TongueOutTuesday want to help protect lemurs like this one? The Conservation Allies Giving Campaign is live and Association Analasoa is one of 15 Malagasy organizations that is featured in their matching campaign.
Donate here: conservationallies.org/partners/ass...
📷: Mathias Appel
A diademed sifaka looks over its shoulder towards the camera
Sunday Sifaka Spotlight!
Diademed sifakas are the ultimate planners—traveling up to half a mile a day when juicy fruits are in season, then slowing things down in drier months when leafy meals are close by.
📷: Greg Taylor Photography www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
