Coquerel's Sifaka Baby It's the Year of the Lemur at the
Sacramento ZooMar 30, 2012 The Sacramento Zoo is welcoming its
newest residents: a baby Coquerel’s Sifaka (CAHK-ker-rells she-
FAHK) born on February 4th weighing 115 grams, and a baby
Mongoose Lemur that was discovered the morning of Friday March
30th. There are only eight AZA-accredited facilities that house
the fewer than 60 endangered Coquerel’s Sifaka, while 17 AZA-
accredited facilities house the fewer than 60 endangered
Mongoose Lemurs in the U.S. To help preserve these vanishing
species, the Sacramento Zoo takes part in Species Survival
Plans® (SSP) initiated by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums
(AZA), to cooperatively manage specific, and typically
threatened or endangered species, populations in accredited
institutions. “Both births are significant at the Sacramento Zoo
and to lemur populations” said Harrison Edell, General Curator.
There are between 1,000 and 10,000 Mongoose Lemurs left and
potentially less than 10,000 Coquerel’s Sifaka liv