These two adorable red 'dancing' lemurs named Beatrice and Elliott now call Chester Zoo their home as part of a breeding programme that hopes to help save the species from extinction.

Elliott and Beatrice are Coquerel’s sifakas (Propithecus coquereli), a critically endangered red lemur species, which have never before been cared for at a European zoo.

In a statement obtained by Newsflash, the zoo said that the two Coquerel's lemurs travelled over 6,437 kilometres (4,000 miles) from the Duke Lemur Centre in North Carolina in the US and arrived in Chester on 29th May.

Beatrice, 9, and Elliott, 8, will be used to establish a new breeding programme at the zoo which hopes to save the species from extinction.

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