Does Duke still hold other sifaka species than Coquerel’s or are all those now gone from the facility?
It is now just Coquerel's. The last golden-crowned died in 2008 and the last diademed in 2012 or 2013.
0.2 Blue Eyed Black Lemur's were born in March (to separate mothers) Infants Announced: Two Critically Endangered Blue-Eyed Black Lemurs Born at the Duke Lemur Center | Duke Lemur Center
A male mongoose lemur was born April 4th. Does anyone know if the blue-eyed black lemurs arrived from Zoo Ivoloina, in Madagascar? If so, where did they originate (wild caught? captive bred?) and what are there sexes? Any help would be greatly appreciated
the original four in 1985 (two pairs) were wild-caught. The first captive-breeding was in 1986 at Mulhouse in France, although Duke also bred them in 1986. This link has more information on the starting of the global captive breeding programme: Managed Care - Blue-eyed Black Lemur (Eulemur flavifrons) Fact Sheet, 2015 - ResearchGuides at International Environment Library Consortium - see the Captive History section.
Sorry- I meant a more recently scheduled import, announced last year. Should have specified! Very nice document though. Just to add to the importations of anyone is curious, Duke actually imported twice- once in 1985 and once in 1990. Overall they imported 2.5, meaning that the importation in 1990 was of three females.
oh, okay then. Is the new import one which has occurred, or is going to happen? Your first post is past tense, and your second is future tense. Also (unrelated to the new import), the link I gave says their first breeding was in 1986, but this Facebook post says their "first successful birth" was 1987, so presumably the 1986 baby did not survive. Duke Lemur Center
I'm not sure if it has happened or is going to happen, which was my original question. I think it should have occurred by now but the center never made an announcement... then again, I'm not sure if they would announce the arrival of these lemurs. They normally don't, and I found it strange that they announced the import in the first place. Sorry my posts are a bit all over the place
oh, I read your post in a totally different way to how you intended it, so my mistake. I thought you were asking if the lemurs came from Zoo Ivoloina (i.e. if anyone knew where Duke had imported them from), rather than you asking if they had arrived yet. Hence why my reply post was about the historical (original) import.
Introducing Bijou & Nacho, Endangered Infants Born at Duke Lemur Center | Duke Lemur Center The mongoose lemur was previously reported, but this new article announces the birth of a collared lemur.
Exciting births! Infants Announced: Four Lemurs Representing Four Different Species Born at Duke Lemur Center | Duke Lemur Center 1.0 red ruffed lemur, 0.1 blue-eyed black lemur, 1.0 crowned lemur, and most excitingly, 1.0 fat-tailed dwarf lemur! Still no mention of the aye-aye though.
Apparently it was one which was going to happen, and now has: http://www.twcnews.com/nc/triangle-...emur-center-endangered-madagascar-lemurs.html On a side note, the article says it's the first time lemurs have been imported from Madagascar, but isn't this false? I was under the impression Zürich had imported some in the early 2000s.
I think the last sentence of the article (24 years) relates directly to the first sentence (two decades) - i.e. both sentences refer specifically to the USA. (Although I don't know the truth of that position otherwise).
It draws attention to a truly global affair - non WAZA - breeding program for the critically endangered blue eyed black lemurs. It involves AZA / EAZA and Madagascar itself. This follows on from similar recent initiatives for sifakas and red ruffed lemurs back to Madagascar in exchange for sifakas for Europe.
Now confirmed as a female and named Agatha (Christie) Infant Announcement: Rare Aye-Aye Born at Duke Lemur Center | Duke Lemur Center
These individuals have produced their first offspring, via c-section. Baby Lemur Born by Rare C-section at Duke Lemur Center | Duke Lemur Center
