Golden Bamboo Lemur
Hapalemur aureus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 231
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar
- Conservation
- Critically Endangered
Description
The golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus), bokombolomena or varibolomena in Malagasy, is a medium-sized bamboo lemur endemic to south-eastern Madagascar. It is able to ingest twelve times as much cyanide as would be considered lethal for other species of its size.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Golden bamboo lemur”.