Lemur Lines
Drawing a Ring-tailed Lemur
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I started drawing a Ring-tailed Lemur on March 30th, without any idea that it was the first day of "Lemur Week". Lemur Week runs from March 30th to April 5th, and I found this out after one of my Facebook page followers named, Carol Smith-Nichols told me. Thanks Carol! Not only for informing me, but also following my Facebook page at facebook.com/timjeffsart. I really appreciate it.
The drawing I did was commissioned for a large donor of Duke Universities Lemur Center, the largest sanctuary for prosimian primates in the world. You can visit their site at: lemur.duke.edu. It's an 85-acre sanctuary for rare and endangered primates located in Durham, North Carolina. The Duke Lemur Center is the world’s largest and most
diverse collection of lemurs – Earth’s most endangered group of mammals –
outside of Madagascar. The Duke Lemur Center advances science, scholarship, and
biological conservation through interdisciplinary research, community-based
conservation and public outreach.
Lemurs are only found on the African Island of Madagascar, and there are over 100 species. The word Lemur derives from the word Lemures, which mean "ghosts or spirit" from Roman mythology. They are threatened by a host of environmental problems including deforestation, hunting, live capture of exotic pet trade and climate change. 16% of Lemurs are Critically Endangered, 23% are Endangered, 25% are listed as vulnerable and 28% are Data Deficient.
Here are some photos taken during my drawing process
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