Tag Archives: Philly-Zoo Although once thought to be related to giant pandas, recent chromosome studies place the red panda in the raccoon family and the giant panda in the bear family. Modern molecular data suggests the raccoon and bear families diverged from a common carnivorous ancestor 35-40 million years ago Red pandas are small with an overall length...  A huddle of three Ring-Tailed Lemur at the Philadelphia Zoo on 12-20-2008. The Ring-tailed Lemur is highly social, living in groups of up to 30 individuals. It is also matriarchal, a trait common among lemurs but uncommon among other primates. To keep warm and reaffirm social bonds groups will huddle together forming a “lemur ball”....  It was twenty eigtht degrees on Saturday and the skies were completely overcast so it seemed like a good day for my first trip to the Philadelphia Zoo. Because of the cold, the crowds were nowhere to be seen and I didn’t have to wait to take photos while throngs of tourists walk in front... |
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