In the year 2518...( Lemur Edition)

Due to global warming, rainfall in the eastern hemisphere has increased. Most rainforests have completely flooded which has killed most bush bearing fruit. Bad news for the ring-tailed lemur; the only lemur who stays on the ground. Over time the rainforest floor will be completely barren and will not have anything for these lemurs to eat. They will have to learn to climb and fight against other tree-dwelling lemurs (and other) species.

Let's Meet the Lemurs 



Now that you have met them, it's time to say good-bye. Only four lemurs have survived and here's why:

• George has survived because of his ability to climb trees and cut leaves from those trees with his knife-like nails 
• Duke has developed a high pitch scream which scares off the competition
• Nola long fingers, like George which 
• Kindi has light yellow eyes which don't reflect light during the night. This allows her to sneak around during the night. 

The ring-tailed lemur's finger length ranges from 11 to 17 millimeters. This data shows how likely each lemur would be able to climb up trees. The longer the finger/ claw the easier and faster each lemur can get up the tree

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Mean 13.3   Median 13  Mode 11
Max 17    Min 11        Range 6
1Q 11       3Q   15       1QR 4

TN "work" 2018

Here is the box and whisker plot

We can use this information to find the standard deviation of these numbers

TN "Standard deviation"

We are using standard deviation to determine the variance in the claw lengths of this Ring-tailed lemur population. In this population, the variance is 4.3 millimeters

So we saw 4 of the 10 lemurs survive their habitats devastation to show this we will be using the equations for both permutation and combinations. Permutation makes the most sense in this situation since it doesn't really matter the order that these animals survive.

TN " Permutation" 2018

TN " Combination" 2018 

Now let's talk about the ring-tailed lemur's relatives and how they are alike and different.

David Quitoriano "Sleepy Tarsier" 2006

The lemurs closest extinct relative is the Tarsier.
The Tarsier is a tree-dwelling primate from the Philippines.

Open cage "Lesser bushbaby" 2012"

The lemurs closest extinct relative is the Galago Bushbaby.
The Galago is also a tree-dwelling primate however they are from Africa much like the lemur

TN " Comparing relatives" 2018

I drew what the Ring-tailed lemur will look like in 500 years with the circumstances that I explained earlier. Some Lemurs have yellow eyes which are harder to see in the dark, this is a desirable trait since they will be undetectable by other animals. Lemurs will develop longer fingers since with the flooding, they will be forced to stay in trees. The long fingers will help them grab onto branches. The Lemurs voices will become higher over time to scare off other competition so they have more food and shelter. 

TN "LEMUR 500" 2018 

CITATIONS

Fact Zoo“Galago - Bush Baby, Tiny African Primate.” Animal Pictures and Facts