In a memorable sequence showing a
sifaka leaping between trees, he asked the cameraman to turn around, revealing the miles of sisal plantation which surround the tiny remnant of forest where endless crews go to film these charismatic lemurs.
In Madagascar, farmers have destroyed the forest homes of lemurs like this Coquerel's
sifaka. Lemurs are now the world's most endangered primates.
SIFAKA LEMURS The females in the family will be dominant over the males.
Bardi, "Increase in tannin consumption by
sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi) females during the birth season: A case for self-medication in prosimians?" Primates, vol.
GREVY'S ZEBRA, HAMLYN'S GUENON, HENDES' WOOLY MONKEY, JACKSON'S CHAMELEON, KLOSS' GIBBON, LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT, MILLER'S CHAMELEON/MONGOOSE, OERSTED'S SQUIRREL MONKEY, ORSINI'S VIPER, OWSTON'S PALM CIVET, PALLAS' CAT, PERE DAVID'S DEER, PHAROAH'S CHICKEN, PREZEWALSKI'S HORSE, ROSS'S GOOSE/GULL/SEAL, RUSSELL'S VIPER, SMITH'S LONGSPUR, STELLER'S EIDER/JAY/SEA COW/SEA EAGLE/SEA LION, TEMMINCK'S GOLDEN CAT/PANGOLIN/STINT, VENUS'S FLOWER BASKET (a sponge)/GIRDLE (a ribbon-like marine animal), VERREAUX'S
SIFAKA, WHITE'S THRUSH, WILSON'S PETREL/PHALAROPE/PLOVER/SNIPE/TERN/THRUSH
Colne Valley Boys with their musical director Thom Meredith and, below, Colne Valley Male Voice Choir and Colne Valley |Boys with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band at Huddersfield Town Hall, last December Photo by Lendl
SifakaThis as yet unnamed crowned
sifaka lemur is Belfast Zoo's latest arrival.
This forest is home to
Sifaka lemurs: white, fluffy primates, with very long hind limbs that enable them to bound from tree to tree like forest kangaroos.
An aye aye, above and, below a
sifaka with Dr George McGavin
Animal specimens were obtained from various species of ruminants and rodents, a horse, a raccoon, and a primate, Verreaux's
sifaka (Propithecus verreauxicoquereli).
Airing every night at 10:00 PM from December 23 to 27, Animal Planet takes viewers to an island full of strange places and bizarre animals including the charismatic ring-tailed lemurs and the enigmatic
Sifaka. The land is also home to more chameleons than anywhere else and the biggest bugs and weirdest spiders in the world.
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