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Q3) What animals live in the rainforest? Which layer of the rainforest do they live in? Select one rainforest animal, find a picture of it to include in your report, and describe its habitat. There are many types of groups of animals that live in the rainforest. Some include: mammals (monkeys, jaguars etc), reptiles (snakes etc), birds, amphibians (frogs etc), and so much more. These groups of animals are scattered around the layers of the rainforest. For instance, some birds and insects live in the Emergent layer and some large creatures live in the Forest-Floor layer.

The animal I chose is the Lemur. These small, agile creatures come from Madagascar and are primates. They look something along the lines of a cat crossed with a dog and squirrel. Here is a picture:


There are many types of Lemurs. Some are: Black-White Ruffed Lemur and the Red Ruffed Lemur. Even though Lemurs look different, their personality is one not to forget. 

Lemurs have long and stretched noses, contributing to their great sense of smell.They can come in various sizes, ranging from the Pygmy Mouse Lemur, weighing one ounce and the Indri and Diademed Sifaka Lemurs,up to fifteen pounds and the size of a cat.


Lemurs use their sense of smell to communicate with others. Another source of communication is their bushy tail. They do this by waving it up in the air. These long tails also help them balance when jumping from tree to tree 


The majority of Lemurs are arboreal, meaning that they mainly live in trees and bushes. Since they are primates, they can get a fantastic grip on branches to hang on.Only a few species travel and live on the ground. Most of the time when they are awake in the day they live with their traveling groups. One other communication source used is the noises they make. The nocturnal lemurs normally live in small groups or even alone.


The only place to fine Lemurs is Madagascar and the islands around them, but they live in various environments. Making it even possible for some to live in moist tropical rainforests, and others in humid desert-like places.


When new-born lemurs are born, they are held in their mothers mouth until strong enough to hold onto her back. Their average life span is eighteen years.


Lemurs diet is mainly vegetarian, only on some occasions insects and other small animals. On the scale of fifty species, ten would be critically endangered, seven endangered  and nineteen being vulnerable. Meaning that they can live on with an injury.

 The ecology of Madagascar counts on Lemurs, because they send of seeds from the fruits eaten by them. This is good because those seeds can grow into more and more plants, which is important because a lot of Madagascar foliage has been destroyed. Even though there are a lot of species of Lemurs, they are still under threat because a number of rainforests are being destroyed. The citizens of Madagascar have been cutting down numerous trees for their crop. Little do they know that they are destroying their native animals. The Lemurs cannot disperse the same number of seeds as trees being cut down. Another problem is hunting of the Lemurs. 

Save our Lemurs, stop DEFORESTATION!