Bios
on Released Lemurs: FIRST GROUP
Released 10 November 1997
Zuben'Ubi
was born in 1985 at Duke University Primate Center. At Betampona
he did well. He and Preasepe bred in the wild in 1998, but those
infants did not survive more than a few weeks. Zuben'Ubi and Preasepe
bred again in 1999 and raised triplets through weaning. At least
one of these young ("Fara") survives. Zuben'Ubi survived
for almost 3 years in the forest. He was killed by a fossa in
October of 2000.
Praesepe,
Zuben'Ubi's mate, was born at Duke University Primate Center in
1986. She also adapted well to life in the wild, but was killed
by a fossa in July of 2000.
Laetitia
was the first released lemur to be killed by a fossa. She was
born at Duke University Primate Center in 1991 and lived only
four months in the wild.
Janus
was also born at Duke, in 1996. He survived in the wild for nine
months and died of injuries from a fall.
Sarph
is the surviving member of the first release group. He was born
at Duke University Primate Center in 1993, and has so far lived
over four years in the wild. At one point he had been missing
for almost a year, with no signal from his radio collar, when
he suddenly reappeared, accompanied by a wild female. He is completely
integrated into a wild group - lately Sarph seems to be traveling
with two females and a young male. We have preliminary evidence
that Sarph has reproduced with a wild female, bringing the captive
gene pool back to the wild.
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