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At the Duke Lemur Center, lemurs free-range in large tracts of forest and live in natural social groups. Coquerel's sifakas' legs can easily propel them distances of over 20 feet from tree to tree! On the ground, they cross treeless areas just as gracefully, by bipedal sideways hopping. As you can see from this video, they also love to play ❤️

The Malagasy name ‘sifaka’ comes from the distinct call this animal makes as it travels through the trees: “shif-auk.”

The Duke Lemur Center was home to the most famous Coquerel’s sifaka, Jovian, a.k.a. Zoboomafoo: the leaping, prancing star of the PBS Kids show by the same name, hosted by brothers Martin and Chris Kratt. (Fun fact: Martin was a work-study student at the DLC when he was an undergrad at Duke!) Jovian was a graceful, long-limbed co-star with cream and russet fur and bright, intelligent yellow eyes, who helped teach millions of children about lemurs and Madagascar. Learn more about Jovian's legacy at https://lemur.duke.edu/zoboo.