Ring-tailed Lemur

Lemur catta

• Physical description: roughly 18 inches tall with 13 black and white alternating rings on their tails
• Life span: Can live to 20-25 years
• Diet: Opportunistic omnivores, lemurs mostly eat leaves, flowers, stems and fruit, but will snatch up a spider or insect when spotted.
• Fact: Unlike most lemurs, ring-tails spend roughly half of their time on the ground where they walk on all fours.
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Northern Spider Tortoise

Pyxis arachnoides brygooi

• Physical description: gets its name from the spider-like pattern on its carapace (shell); reaches about a maximum of 6 inches in length
• Life span: Can live to 50-70 years
• Diet: Feeds on grasses, roots of succulents, insects and larvae
• Fact: The Northern spider tortoise is the smallest of its genus
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Baobab Tree

Adansonia grandidieri

• Physical description: huge statuesque, cylindrical trunk, with short, thick, branches that are bare most of the year.
• Life span: Live to around 800 years old
• Flower: Oval flower buds on a short upright stalk which are pollinated by several species fruit bats and lemurs
• Fact: Sometimes called the “Tree of Life” because it is a constant source of water for animals and people
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