What is Duke Lemur Center?
[[File:Ring tailed lemurs.jpg|thumb|right|{{Center|Ring-tailed Lemurs, the most studied Lemur species}}]] The '''Duke Lemur Center''' is an {{Convert|85|acre|sing=on}} [[sanctuary]] for several [[species]] of [[lemur]]s and [[loris]]es.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lemur.duke.edu/ |title=Duke Lemur Center |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Duke University |accessdate=8 April 2015}}</ref> It is at [[Duke University]] in [[Durham, North Carolina]]. The center is the largest sanctuary for these animals in the world. There are about 10 different species at the center.<ref name=NC>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitnc.com/listing/duke-lemur-center |title=Duke Lemur Center |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina |accessdate=8 April 2015}}</ref> The center does not harm the animals while researching them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencewriters2012.org/sessions/duke-university-tour-research-duke-lemur-center.html |title=Duke University Tour - Research at the Duke Lemur Center |author= |date= |website= |publisher=National Association of Science Writers |accessdate=8 April 2015 |archive-date=1 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001143134/http://www.sciencewriters2012.org/sessions/duke-university-tour-research-duke-lemur-center.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Duke Lemur Center is open to the public. [[wikt:Tour|Tour]]s are by [[wikt:appointment|appointment]] only.<ref name=NC/> On November 10, 2014, [[Jovian]] (best known for mainly portraying Zoboomafoo in the [[Zoboomafoo|series of the same name]]) died at his home in the center of [[renal failure]] at age 20. It is currently unknown when his funeral was. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons}} * [http://lemur.duke.edu/ The official homepage of the Duke Lemur Center] [[Category:Research organizations in the United States]] [[Category:Durham County, North Carolina]] {{biology-stub}}