Dubbo's Taronga Western Plains Zoo has continued its breeding success for ring-tailed lemurs with three babies born to three different mothers.
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The ring-tailed lemur babies - born to Rakitra, Cleo and Noa - were all girls born in August and September.
"This is the third successful breeding season for father Dia," the zoo's ring-tailed lemur keeper Sasha Brook said.
"Dia has produced 12 offspring at Taronga Western Plains Zoo and will now be retired from breeding to allow another male to join the group to introduce new genetics," she said.
"The three babies are all doing really well, they are bonding with their respective mothers and meeting their developmental milestones."
Ms Brook said the two older babies were starting to climb off their mums and explore their surroundings.
"They generally don't venture more than a metre away," she advised.
"The babies are also starting to mouth food and try some of the soft food items given to their rest of the group."
Ring-tailed lemurs only have a very small window to fall pregnant, Ms Brook said.
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They generally come into season for 24 hours once a year, so if there is not a successful mating during this period it is a long wait until the following year.
The ring-tailed lemur breeding season is generally in April, so births are usually expected in early spring following a four-month gestation period.
Babies are most active in the mid-morning and mid-afternoon on the island if the weather is warm.
At other times during the day, the viewing is from the back of the breeding facility.
Taronga Western Plains Zoo is home to two groups of ring-tailed lemurs - a breeding group near the African picnic ground and a bachelor group at the Savannah Lake.
The breeding group now has 11 individuals including the most recent three babies, whilst the bachelor group has four individuals.
Friday, October 25 was World Lemur Day - a chance to raise awareness of the plight of lemurs.
Ring-tailed lemurs are an endangered species whose wild population is in decline.
Most wild lemurs live in small fragmented forests and the destruction of habitats is the biggest threat to the survival of all species of lemur.
