The group will share their new habitat with red-ruffed and
ring-tailed lemurs which already reside at the zoo.
Mike Jordan, Chester Zoo's collections director, said: "After overcoming their initial nervousness, crowned lemurs Hajao, Rak, Ilo and Pia have settled well into their new home and are getting along famously with their bolshie neighbours -- a group of
ring-tailed lemurs and five red ruffed lemurs."
They will share their new habitat with two other species of lemur - red ruffed and
ring-tailed.
Blair Drummond has an important role in the conservation of these animals and this year the safari park breeding programme has seen new arrivals with the birth of a baby
ring-tailed lemur and a new baby red-ruffed.The Safari Park also supports in-situ conservation efforts to protect wild populations of lemurs.
But that's not all, there's also Delilah, the baby Bactrian camel, colourful vampire crabs and a chameleon to visit too, and not forgetting the baby primates the attraction has welcomed over the last few months including black-andwhite-ruffed lemurs,
ring-tailed lemurs and a gelada.
The man was seen handling a pygmy goat, a giant rabbit and a
ring-tailed lemur - which is against Dudley Zoo's policy.
OUR AT DUDLEY CREATURE The one-acre walkthrough paddock was relaunched following a PS100,000 facelift and is home to more than 20 black-and-white ruffed, collared and
ring-tailed lemurs - including two newborn
ring-tailed twins?
A 19-year-old California man pleaded guilty to stealing an endangered rare
ring-tailed lemur from a zoo and could face up to one year in prison and $100,000 fine.
Five endangered
ring-tailed lemurs are among the new arrivals at Chester Zoo, as well as one rare black lemur - the first to be born there.
This follows escapes in past years by two Bongo Deer, a
ring-tailed Lemur, a Lion-Tailed Macaque and a Prairie Dog.
has discovered that
ring-tailed lemurs, endemic to island of Madagascar, emit a foul smell on being hurt 6 a strange type of natural scent that their counterparts can easily detect to determine the weakness of the other.
This includes the cheeky
ring-tailed lemurs eagerly slurping up their specially created ice pops, which are made by the Zoo team with a variety of different, lemur-friendly ingredients.