Zoo celebrates birth of six rare baby lemurs
The arrivals at Chester Zoo include two sets of ring-tailed lemur twins.
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A zoo is celebrating after six rare lemurs – including two sets of twins – were born.
![Baby ring-tailed lemurs at Chester Zoo](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2019/04/09111457/baf186ed-e575-4df2-85ea-05cf96026253.jpg)
Dr Nick Davis, Chester Zoo’s deputy curator of mammals, said: “To have six rare baby lemurs born within weeks of each other is great news for the breeding programme.
![A baby black lemur born at Chester Zoo](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2019/04/09111323/32374d51-f3f6-4cd0-a59e-29f53cc6ce2e.jpg)
Keepers will not know the babies’ genders until they leave their mothers’ backs and start to move around their enclosure independently.
![A baby ring-tailed lemur clings to its mum](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2019/04/09111740/9fb50304-ed3a-463e-8b9b-e3a7a87efafe.jpg)
Madagascar has lost 90% of its forests, according to the zoo, leaving many of its native species on the brink of extinction.