Taronga Zoo Tarongas New Lemurs

zooboy28

zooboy28

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I'm pretty sure the new lemurs for Taronga have been discussed somewhere, but I can't find the thread.

Anyway, there are now five male Ring-tailed Lemurs, from TWPZ, in residence at Taronga Zoo. They are in the exhibit next door to the Gorillas, which previously housed the De Brazzas.

Story here: Ring-tailed Lemurs Spring In To Taronga | Taronga Conservation Society Australia

Photos here: https://www.facebook.com/tarongazoo

I was wondering what has happened to the De Brazzas, when I visited in mid-2009 there were (at least) two, but the ZAA census is currently showing 0.1, and ISIS shows none. Have they died, or been moved to Mogo or NZA?
 
Was this a change in plans due to one of the De Brazzas dying or always planned? I thought the Lemurs were staying at Dubbo.
 
Looks like my thoughts were wrong, in fact these are not the bachelor group TWPZ imported from Hong Kong (along with a family group), but rather the original TWPZ bachelor group. The other two imported groups from Hong Kong will stay at Dubbo.
 
It has been mentioned on here before that dubbos bachelor group were going to taronga to occupy a new exhibit in the future. Dubbo will house a number of breeding groups with three potential exhibits already there, two of which are occupied. By the looks of things there will be quite a few lemurs at western plains in the future.
 
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