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When: June 25, 2018

Where: Kölner Zoo Köln/ Cologne, Germany

This male Blue-Eyed Black Lemur looks decidedly scruffy but then he's a pretty old Lemur and qualifies as geriatric. But does that really matter, when he is still so happy to be eating? I mean, how can that face not make you totally happy

Species: Blue-Eyed Black or Sclater’s Lemur (Blauwoogmaki)

Latin name: Eulemur Flavifrons

Originates from primary and secondary sub-tropical moist and dry forests in the northwestern tip of Madagascar.

Current status: Critically Endangered

Did you know:

…The Blue-Eyed Black Lemur’s tail is non-prehensile and longer than its body.

…They are sexually dimorphic – the male is the embodiment of the species’ name: black with blue eyes, though their hair can be tinged brown at the roots. The females however are reddish-brown in color with their underside and outine of their face a lighter tan, also with blue eyes.

…Aside from humans, Blue-Eyed Black Lemurs are the only primates to consistently have blue eyes.

…Although the Blue-Eyed Black Lemur and the Black Lemur look similar, they can be told apart by their eye color – blue for the Blue-Eyed and orange for the Black. Blacks also have ear tufts and long and spiky cheek hairs.

…Until 2008, the Blue-Eyed was actually considered a subspecies of the Black Lemur. Their ranges overlap in some places, and hybridization has been known between the two, but all offspring sported orange eyes.

…Due to almost all of this species’ habitat having been destructed to create farm land, they are critically endangered and nearly extinct in the wild– less than 1,000 are thought to remain in the wild. Sadly, they also haven’t been intensively studied so not much is truly known about them.

© Mouselemur’s Photography - Portegiesje

I love it when you love my work, but please, if you want to use it in any other medium, ask my permission first.

To see more Primate photos, check out my gallery

Description

When: June 25, 2018

Where: Kölner Zoo Köln/ Cologne, Germany

This male Blue-Eyed Black Lemur looks decidedly scruffy but then he's a pretty old Lemur and qualifies as geriatric. But does that really matter, when he is still so happy to be eating? I mean, how can that face not make you totally happy

Species: Blue-Eyed Black or Sclater’s Lemur (Blauwoogmaki)

Latin name: Eulemur Flavifrons

Originates from primary and secondary sub-tropical moist and dry forests in the northwestern tip of Madagascar.

Current status: Critically Endangered

Did you know:

…The Blue-Eyed Black Lemur’s tail is non-prehensile and longer than its body.

…They are sexually dimorphic – the male is the embodiment of the species’ name: black with blue eyes, though their hair can be tinged brown at the roots. The females however are reddish-brown in color with their underside and outine of their face a lighter tan, also with blue eyes.

…Aside from humans, Blue-Eyed Black Lemurs are the only primates to consistently have blue eyes.

…Although the Blue-Eyed Black Lemur and the Black Lemur look similar, they can be told apart by their eye color – blue for the Blue-Eyed and orange for the Black. Blacks also have ear tufts and long and spiky cheek hairs.

…Until 2008, the Blue-Eyed was actually considered a subspecies of the Black Lemur. Their ranges overlap in some places, and hybridization has been known between the two, but all offspring sported orange eyes.

…Due to almost all of this species’ habitat having been destructed to create farm land, they are critically endangered and nearly extinct in the wild– less than 1,000 are thought to remain in the wild. Sadly, they also haven’t been intensively studied so not much is truly known about them.

© Mouselemur’s Photography - Portegiesje

I love it when you love my work, but please, if you want to use it in any other medium, ask my permission first.

To see more Primate photos, check out my gallery