Devon trust celebrates birth of rare red ruffed lemur quadruplets

A wildlife trust is is celebrating the rare birth of red-ruffed lemur quadruplets.

Shaldon Wildlife Trust in Devon said the lemurs were “just so, so cute but so, so special at the same time.”

The trust said red ruffed lemurs were only found in a small area of the northeast of Madagascar and were “critically endangered”. It said the birth of quadruplets was incredibly rare, occurring in fewer than 6% of births worldwide.

Zak Showell, director of Shaldon Wildlife Trust, said it was a “huge success and a testament to the hard work that the team do looking after and caring for our animals.”