HOUSTON – Houston Zoo visitors may spy two new babies in the lemur habitat this spring.
An unnamed female ring-tailed lemur was born on Jan. 21 and another, a male, on Dec. 23.
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The babies first cling to mother’s chest and then transition to her back after a few weeks.
Lemurs, native to Madagascar, are endangered species, threatened by deforestation, habitat fragmentation, and hunting.
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