ring-tailed lemur
large species of strepsirrhine primate
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Summary
ring-tailed lemur is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,673 views/month, #838 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Endangered status[4]
- Parent taxon: Lemur[5]
- Endemic to: Madagascar[6]
- Taxon name: Lemur catta[7]
- Commons category: Lemur catta[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lemur catta[9]
- Commons gallery: Lemur catta[10]
- Described by source: Multimodal signaling in wild Lemur catta: economic design and territorial function of urine marking.[11]
- Taxon synonym: Maki mococo[12]
- Has characteristic: viviparity[13]
- Short name: L. catta[14]
- Taxon common name: Ring-tailed lemur[15], Lemur Colianillado[16], Lémur Catta[17], Maki Catta[18], Katta[19], lémur de rau anelláu[20], obročkastorepi maki[21], lemure dalla coda ad anelli[22]
- Mass: 60 g[23]
- Gestation period: 133 day[24]
- Longest observed lifespan: 37.3 years[25]
- Produced sound: Ring-tailed lemur vocalizations[26]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]
- CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[28]
- Diel cycle: diurnality[29]
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Identifiers
ring-tailed lemur's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43617[30]. ring-tailed lemur's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9447[31]. ring-tailed lemur's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326533[32]. ring-tailed lemur's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436412[33]. ring-tailed lemur's ITIS TSN is recorded as 572872[34].
Why It Matters
ring-tailed lemur has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]