page_title: National Zoological Park (United States)
section_title: Lemur Island
hierarchical_section_title: National Zoological Park (United States) / Exhibits / Lemur Island
caption_attribution_description: English: Lemurs at the National zoo Español: Lemurs at the National zoo
context_page_description: The National Zoological Park, commonly known as the National Zoo, is one of the oldest zoos in the United States. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution and does not charge admission. Founded in 1889, its mission is to "provide engaging experiences with animals and create and share knowledge to save wildlife and habitats".
  The National Zoo has two campuses. The first is a 163-acre urban park located at Rock Creek Park in Northwest Washington, D.C., 20 minutes from the National Mall by MetroRail. The other campus is the 3,200-acre Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. On this land, there are 180 species of trees, 850 species of woody shrubs and herbaceous plants, 40 species of grasses, and 36 different species of bamboo. The SCBI is a non-public facility devoted to training wildlife professionals in conservation biology and to propagating rare species through natural means and assisted reproduction. The National Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
  The two facilities host about 2,700 animals of 390 different species. About one-fifth of them are endangered or threatened.
context_section_description: Lemur Island is a moated island that is home to a group of ring-tailed lemurs and black-and-white ruffed lemurs.
  Uncle Beazley, a fiberglass Triceratops that Louis Paul Jonas created for the DinoLand pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair, can now be seen near the island. The life-size statue, which had been located on the National Mall near the National Museum of Natural History until 1994, is named for a dinosaur in the 1956 children's book, The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth and in the book's 1968 television movie adaptation, in which the statue appeared.
caption: Lemurs at the National zoo
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