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BLACK AND WHITE RUFFED LEMUR
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Varecia variegata variegata
HOUSE NAME: Male "Pippin" Female "Frodo"
HABITAT: Island of Madagascar; eastern from the Antainambalana River to the Mananara River.
CONSERVATION STATUS: Critically Endangered
FUN FACT: This species is considered to be the world's largest pollinator. They have a mutualistic relationship with the traveler's palm tree. They are one of the only species that can open the tree's flowers.
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