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title: "Ringstaartmaki"
description: "Lemur catta — Zoogdieren. The ring-tailed lemur is a medium- to larger-sized strepsirrhine (wet-nosed) primate and the most internationally recognized lemur species, owing to its long, black-and-white, ringed tail."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ring-tailed-lemur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ringstaartmaki

> Lemur catta — Zoogdieren. The ring-tailed lemur is a medium- to larger-sized strepsirrhine (wet-nosed) primate and the most internationally recognized lemur species, owing to its long, black-and-white, ringed tail.

- Scientific name: *Lemur catta*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 3865
- Wikidata: [Q185385](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185385)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43617](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43617)

## Names

- en: Ring-tailed Lemur
- de: Katta
- es: Lemur colianillado
- fr: Lémur catta
- nl: Ringstaartmaki
- pt: Lémur-de-cauda-anelada
- pl: Lemur katta

## Countries with the most observations

MG (1210)

## Summary

The ring-tailed lemur is a medium- to larger-sized strepsirrhine (wet-nosed) primate and the most internationally recognized lemur species, owing to its long, black-and-white, ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the Lemur genus. Like all lemurs, it is endemic to the island of Madagascar, where it is endangered. Known locally in Malagasy as maky or hira, it ranges from gallery forests to spiny scrub in the southern regions of the island. It is omnivorous, as well as the most adapted to living terrestrially of the extant lemurs.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_lemur

## Photo

![Ringstaartmaki](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ring-tailed-lemur/medium.jpg)

Photo: n_armstrong · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137602752

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ring-tailed-lemur?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).