Species Profile
Lemur catta
Ring-tailed lemur
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Lemur catta lives in dry forests and scrublands of Madagascar.
It is social and lives in groups called troops.
Feeds mainly on fruits, leaves, and insects.
Size & Structure
01
Medium-sized body
02
Long black-and-white ringed tail
03
Pointed snout
04
Grey fur with white face
Lemur catta — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed cerebrum
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Seed dispersal
Forest regeneration
Maintains plant diversity
Economic Importance
Ecotourism
Primate research
Conservation programs