Lemurs - Facts for Kids

The eastern woolly lemur can eat leaves containing chemicals that would make most other animals sick!

Some lemur types have special grooves (lines) in their tongues to help them drink nectar from flowers!

Ring-tailed lemurs have scent glands (smell-making parts) on their chest that they use to mark branches!

Baby lemurs learn to make adult calls by practicing with their troop members!

The golden-crowned sifaka has only been known to science since 1988!

Some lemur types can leap between trees that are more than 25 feet (8 meters) apart!