The answer is- No. Lemurs and monkeys are both primates (and humans as well) but lemurs are not monkeys. They were both developed from a common ancestor. All species of lemur exist only on the island of Madagascar and are not closely related to haploorhine (or dry nose) primates, includingRead More →
The clue to this difference lies in where the lemurs bed down. The tree holes used by fat-tails are exposed to the elements – and their body temperature reflects this. The eastern lemurs hunker down in cosy underground burrows where the temperature stays at 15 °C. Are ring tailed lemursRead More →
Keeping lemurs is allowed in certain states of the USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri (illegal in St. Louis), Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (no guarantee). Are llamas legal in California? It is legal to ownRead More →