Black and White Ruffed Lemurs at Central Park Zoo

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A family of seven black-and-white ruffed lemurs take in the sights and sounds of their new home in the canopy of the Central Park Zoos Rainforest exhibit.

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[mastacholi5]

Wow, what beautiful animals!

[mtripplek]

i whent and saw then at the central park zoo there tooo cute

[Trund27]

It's amazing how dog-like their faces are, and they kind of move like cats! But they are primates.

Uncle Jim? is that you? :)

[Trund27]

@djmzkondukt Oooh!!! I am jealous! They look soooo soft and lovely. I have an obsession with ALL primates, from tiny tarsiers to powerful gorillas and everyhting in between :0)

[Trund27]

@Ookamithewarrior They are part of the prosimian group which are a primitive kind of primate, but not actually monkeys. This group includes lemurs, tarsiers and bushbabies

Wonderful animals for sure :)

[Trund27]

Monkeys and prosimians are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I urge everyone to look at: Golden lion tamarins Emperor tamarins Marmosets of all kinds Slow loris and pottos White uakaris Guenons Bush babies Golden snub-nosed monkeys etc etc etc

[Visser0x]

@Ookamithewarrior yes

[Ookamithewarrior]

would they consider as monkeys?

[Nina161616]

zaboomafoooooooo

[djmzkondukt]

I love them! They are so sweet and gentle. I went to a Lemur sanctuary and one of them came down to take some food from me and it was beautiful! :)