Appropriately named Phoenix, this baby lemur is proof that positive things can come out of tragedy.

Phoenix is the latest arrival at the Curraghs Wildlife Park, having been born to the attraction’s breeding pair of gentle lemurs who survived a devastating fire in April.

That fire claimed the lives of the parents Volamena and Amondi’s other offspring, juvenile sisters aged three years and one and a half.

The lemur family won’t be on show to the public until the fire-ravaged enclosure is rebuilt and they are currently housed in the park’s hospital unit.

Wildlife Park general manager Kathleen Graham said: ’Mum would have been pregnant at the time of the time and it’s so nice they have recovered fully and given birth to a healthy baby.

’They are munching on sweet potato like they have no care in the world. We are looking forward to getting the enclosure rebuilt and getting the lemurs into it.’

It won’t be known for a while whether baby Phoenix is a boy or a girl as you can’t sex lemurs until 12 to 18 months after birth.

April’s blaze completely destroyed the enclosure, which was part of a revamped Lemurs of Madagascar attraction that had been due to open shortly.

Emergency services were alerted just before midnight on April 25 after passing road-users saw the glow of flames. The fire was quickly brought under control but it was too late to save the juvenile lemurs.

Fire chiefs established that a faulty electric component was to blame.

Kathleen said the replacement enclosure will be of metal construction and it will be another 10 weeks before it is delivered.

She said a number of similar heating panels had been replaced and fire safety boards fitted behind them.