Maybe you've seen this animal at a trip to Madagascar or in a certain animated movie; nevertheless, they're amazing little creatures! They also have a unique physiology when it comes to iron absorption which leads us to ask 'How much we have to learn yet about wild animal nutrition?'

Cover image by Chloe Bulpin

Additional Resources:

Biology

https://lemur.duke.edu/discover/meet-the-lemurs/red-ruffed-lemur/

http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/red-ruffed-lemur/

Conservation Status & Programs

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22920/115574598

https://www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/about/

https://www.lemurreserve.org/

https://iucnsos.org/updates-from-the-field-reducing-the-illegal-hunting-of-threatened-lemurs-in-madagascar/