Meet the twins! Lemurs at large at Dudley Zoo
Snuggled up to their mother are ring-tailed lemur twins, Icarus and Kinich.
The two-month-old males have been named by primate keepers at Dudley Zoo after an ancient Greek legend and a Mayan sun god.
The babies, who were born on August 21, can be found in the mixed lemur enclosure in the zoo's small primate house alongside their mother, Phoebe.
Upper Primates Keeper, Sam Grove, said: "The babies are doing well and are already starting to leave mum and explore their new surroundings for themselves."
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Also with the twins is their father Frank and siblings, older brother twins Nelly and Kelly, older brother, Spock and older sister, Freya.
The name ring-tailed is derived from the characteristically black and white ringed tail which the highly social animals use for keeping in touch and signalling to each other.
They live in groups of up to 30 individuals in which the females are dominant; a trait common among lemurs.
To keep warm and reaffirm social bonds, groups will huddle together forming a lemur ball.
Lemurs, which are unique to Madagascar, are primates but evolved quite differently from monkeys and apes when Madagascar split from the African continent millions of years ago.
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