Food/Diet

Now, there are a variety of foods in the world. Most of them are gifts from nature. One such gift is fruit. The Black and White Lemurs enjoy this very gift. Fruits are their favorite appetite, no matter what type of fruit, as long as it is mature, they will be pleased to eat it. Therefore, they are known as frugivores.

They also enjoy many other types of food, including small amounts of flowers, buds, fungi, nectar, leaves, soil, rice, and seeds. They also like eating edible plants. In all, they are herbivores, specifically, frugivores, as mentioned before. They also enjoy the sugary nectar of the traveler's palm, which helps the traveler's palm exist till present day(see Role in Eco-System/Biodiversity tab). They consume this sugary nectar through their long snout and tongue.

As you can see, these lemurs very much enjoy the gifts of nature, which fill their daily menu. These lemurs enjoy fruits mainly, but also many other natural foods.

Mmmmm... I love these fruits!!!

The flower of the Traveler's Plant is a important part of the Black and White Ruffed Lemur's diet.