This week i found an article about the endangered species list. On the All About Wildlife Blog they have composed their own list of animals that they believe are in the most danger of becoming extincted. The article is about an animal that has been added recently, i picked this article cause the reason this animal is endangered. In class all this week we were talking about how when an ecosystem is ruined what kind of stuff it effects, and animals are a very big that is effected. The Northern Sportive Lemur is the new recipient of the top 10 list.

These Lemurs are very intolerable to change in their environments. The Northern Sportive Lemur is a specialist in its ecosystem. "The northern sportive lemur is restricted to the very northern-most parts of Madagascar, from the Montagne d’Ambre southwards to the Mahavay River and east to Vohemar". There are only 18 of them left on this planet in that one small location, being held in captivity to assure their survival. These Lemurs are very interesting primates, they are considered caecotrophic, which means they eat their own feces or poo. As well as being caecotrophic they are also able to detect the presents of other primates in their territory, even know they are know as one of the smallest species of Lemur. Lemurs are know to be nocturnal animals, which means they sleep during the day and hunt at night. They sleep in small wholes burrowed into the trees ranging anywhere from 1 to 8 feet above ground. The main predator of The Northern Sportive Lemur is the Dumeril's boas. 
The main reason that most of the Lemurs today are gone is because of slash and burn forest cutting company's that are out for the Madagascar's precious wood's and resources. The Lemurs habitat ranges from anywhere of dry deciduous forests to the wetter evergreen forests that dominate most of the Madagascar's Biomes.

Through Captivity and very close watch on The Northern Sportive Lemur's behaviors and activity they can be monitored and conserved to be able to survive in the wild again one day. The only way to really keep these Lemur's from being extincted is to stop cutting down their natural habitats, because when you harm one animals habitats you harm and endanger them all.