The zoo says its four-year-old female black-and-white ruffed lemur, Eny, gave birth on April 7.
The Calgary Zoo has a Species Survival Plan , which seeks to appropriately manage the demographic distribution and support the long-term sustainability of a species at risk. Eny and Menabe were paired to maximize the genetic diversity of the critically endangered black-and-white ruffed lemur population in human care.
Menabe arrived at the Calgary Zoo in 2017 and the search for an appropriate female commenced. The task to find a mate for Menabe ended when Eny was found at an accredited zoo in the Czech Republic. She arrived in Calgary in 2021. The new pup is the first black-and-white ruffed lemur to be born at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo since 1987.According to the Calgary Zoo, black-and-white ruffed lemurs originate from the island of Madagascar, where there are fewer than 10,000 individuals estimated to be left in their native range on the island. A staggering 98 per cent of lemurs in Madagascar are endangered, with over 30 per cent facing the threat of imminent extinction.
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