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Endangered Species Research and Source Document Emily Bradford and Kelsey Falconer

Britannica, World Book Encyclopedia- Rodric B. Mast and Russell A. Mittermeir page 188
 * Sources:**

__Questions:__
 * 1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics?**

Madagascar and the cronos islands and south east africa

• Madagascar south east coast of Africa and Asia
 * Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?)**

• Ring-tailed lemur, aye aye, ruffled lemur, black lemur.
 * Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal.**


 * Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal**

• Less intelligent than monkeys. • They can grow up to be nine to 70 centimeters. • Large eyes. • Fox like faces. • Monkey like booty. • Stub of a tail. • Leather like hands. • Wooly fur that is reddish, gray, black, or brown. • Markings like- Eye rings and crown patches. • The claw is called the toilet claw.


 * 2. Where and why is your animal endangered?**

Madagascar, they are building more cities and man logging are there.


 * Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats)**

• Madagascar. Most lemurs are arboreal, which means they spend most of their time in trees and bushes. So when the people come and cut down trees for wood their homes get cut down and many die. They also tend to live alone and not in packs so they are easily killed.


 * Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered**

• Man logging.


 * Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment**

• They are endangered in the tropical of new Asia and south Madagascar. Also in places like the Western Dry Forest, Majunga, and Morondava.


 * 3. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved?**

Zoos around the United States.


 * Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held.**

• The Zoo Atlanta, The Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Maryland Zoo, Philadelphia Zoo, Saint Luis Zoo, Utah Zoo, and LA zoo.


 * 4. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done?**

In zoos, people are passing laws to stop the man logging.


 * Locate where research is done on your animal and where efforts are underway to conserve its population (Note: It may be that this is done at the same location(s) you identified in #3)**

• The Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Maryland Zoo, Philadelphia Zoo and The American Zoo.


 * Outline any research and efforts to conserve the population**

• They are finding lemurs in the wild and trying to put them in a clean and safe reservation. They are writing bills toward making the cutting down of their habitats illegal.



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