The six-week-old black-and-white ruffled lemurs are among as few as 1,000 remaining in the wild, with the species considered critically endangered.
A pair of critically endangered lemurs, native to Madagascar, have been born at a Scottish safari park.
They are known to have the second-loudest primate call in the animal kingdom, with howler monkeys being the only louder species.Their loud cry makes them more susceptible to capture for the illegal pet trade, and additional threats include hunting by locals and habitat destruction due to deforestation, logging and mining.
The sisters are the third litter to be born at the park, with several of their siblings now dotted around zoological establishments across the UK. Keeper Lesley Rodger said: “We are overjoyed to welcome these two new arrivals to our lemur conspiracy.
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