Verreaux's Sifaka
Propithecus verreauxi
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 567
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar
- Conservation
- Critically Endangered
Description
Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi), or the white sifaka, is a medium-sized primate in one of the lemur families, the Indriidae. Critically Endangered, it lives in Madagascar and can be found in a variety of habitats from rainforest to dry deciduous forests of western Madagascar and the spiny thickets of the south. Its fur is thick and silky and generally white with brown on the sides, top of the head, and on the arms; its ventral area is relatively glabrous.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Verreaux's sifaka”.