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Origins Program at
the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History.
Three lemur species live at the Zoo. Six ring-tails and a pair of red-fronted lemurs live
on Lemur Island. They arrived
from the Duke University Primate Center in September 2001. Two red-ruffed lemurs live at the Small Mammal House. 
Learn about lemurs.
Red-fronted Lemurs
Red Oak – Male
Born March 14, 1993, weighs 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg), has a red
head and brown body
Flare – Female
Born March 19, 1986, weighs 4.8 pounds (2.2 kg), has a reddish
body
Ring-tailed Lemurs
Gelon – Male
Born May 13, 1991, weighs 3.2kg, has a short
tail and is missing his right middle finger
Myrto
- Male
Born March 26, 2000, he is a smaller male weighing 3.8 kg, has a full tail and is Corinna and Gelon’s son
Corinna – Female
Born March 16, 1984, weighs 2.4 kg, has a short
tail, a notch on the bottom of her left ear and missing a
canine
Cleander – Female
Born April 11, 1997, weighs 3.6 kg, is Corinna’s
daughter
Ninna – Female
Born March 15, 1989, weighs 3.4 kg, is Corinna’s daughter
Andromeda – Female
Born April 19, 1997, weighs 3.8 kg, is an unrelated
female and found on the group's periphery
Red-Ruffed Lemurs:
Ceres - Female
Born April 18, 1989, weighs 9.9 pounds (4.5 kg), has a bigger ruff around her face than Joven. Ceres also looks a little bigger because her hair is longer and fluffier.
Joven - Male
Born May 3, 1988, weighs 10.5 pounds (4.8 kg), has a small metal ear tag in his left ear.
Zoo Diet
They are fed once a day: a mixture of fruits and vegetables
and leaf-eater biscuits.
Health Care
Each animal has a yearly physical, including a dental checkup
and fecal analysis.
Ring-tailed Lemur Reproduction
The Zoo is not actively breeding lemurs. These animals have
well represented genes and the Species Survival Plan and does
not need them as part of the breeding population.
Lemur Island
