Jovian, the lemur made famous for teaching children about animals on the show Zoboomafoo, has died at age 20.
The Duke Lemur Center in Durham, N.C., where Jovian lived, said Tuesday that the Coquerel's sifaka lemur died of kidney failure. Fans of the show, created by brothers Martin and Chris Kratt, shared remembrances of the animal on the lemur centre's Facebook page.
Remembering a star: Jovian with daughter Gertrude, January 2013. #RIPZoboomafoo pic.twitter.com/9bkNyj8UeA
— Duke Lemur Center (@DukeLemurCenter) November 11, 2014From 1999 to 2001, Zoboomafoo featured footage of the real-life Jovian and a talking lemur puppet named Zoboo, the Kratts' co-host on the program.