Jersey Zoo welcomes ‘rockstar of lemur world’

A critically endangered type of lemur has arrived at a zoo, making it only the tenth wildlife park in the world to hold the species.

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT), in Jersey, said a three-year-old male greater bamboo lemur, called Orsa, had arrived.

The trust said he used to live at Cotswold Wildlife Park, and the zoo had been selected as a place to safeguard and hopefully breed the species.

Georgia Gotts, deputy curator of mammals at Jersey Zoo, said: “Greater bamboo lemurs are like the rockstars of the lemur world, due to them being incredibly rare, full of character, and adored by everyone who meets them.”