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Southern woolly lemur

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Dorsal fur is grey-brown toning down to light grey distally, while ventrum is grey. The tail is red-brown and darkens distally. The southern woolly lemur has a mean weight of 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) for females and 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) for males, with a mean head-body length of 27 cm
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It is a nocturnal and pair-living species. Groups can range from 2 (the parental pair only) to 5 individuals (including the offspring of subsequent years). A study in Sainte Luce forest revealed home range varied from 2.2 to 3.5 ha and that males can have larger home range and cover longer daily
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The southern woolly lemur lives primarily in fragments of south-eastern rain littoral forest of Madagascar (Mandena and Sainte Luce). Degradation level, more than fragment size, seems to affect density and birth rates of the populations of this species.
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can eat adult leaves with higher content of easily soluble protein (than non-food leaves) and switch, as soon as possible, on young leaves, richer in crude protein, and poorer in acid detergent fiber and sugar. In Sainte Luce,
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The species is restricted to the reserve of Andohahela and the area of Sainte Luce. Further studies are required to determine the exact distribution range and especially the limits with its sister species
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Norscia, I.; Ramanamanjato, J. B.; Ganzhorn, J. R. U. (2011). "Feeding Patterns and Dietary Profile of Nocturnal Southern Woolly Lemurs (Avahi meridionalis) in Southeast Madagascar".
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acted as leaf eating generalists with moderate selectivity, based on nutritional quality and tolerance of a wide array of plant secondary metabolites.
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also ate leaves with condensed tannins, alkaloids, and intermediate concentrations of polyphenolics. Contrary to previous studies that considered
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Norscia, I.; Borgognini-Tarli, S. M. (2008). "Ranging behavior and possible correlates of pair-living in southeastern avahis (Madagascar)".
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Zaramody, A.; Fausser, J.-L.; Roos, C.; Zinner, D.; Andriaholinirina, N.; Rabarivola, C.; Norscia, I.; Tattersall, I.; Rumpler, Y. (2006).
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distances than females (which can spend more time feeding), in agreement with the territory defence and mate guarding hypotheses.
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Norscia, I. (2008). "Pilot survey of avahi population (woolly lemurs) in littoral forest fragments of southeast Madagascar".
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eats leaves (and buds) and, much more rarely, flowers and appears not to base food choice on abundance.
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Fausser, J. L.; Prosper, P.; Donati, G.; Ramanamanjato, J. B.; Rumpler, Y. (2002).
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Donati, G.; Balestri, M.; Campera, M.; Norscia, I.; Ravoahangy, A. (2020).
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species and subspecies based on mitochondrial DNA sequences"
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(2006). 1: 427:"Checklist of CITES Species" 308:southern lesser bamboo lemur 1298: 889:Peyrieras's woolly lemur ( 1277:Mammals described in 2006 1060: 762: 754:Extant species of family 702:Image of female and young 669:10.1007/s10329-007-0061-2 634:10.1007/s10764-011-9562-3 546:10.1017/S0030605306000111 506:10.1007/s10764-007-9219-4 221: 212: 193: 186: 78:Scientific classification 76: 59: 37: 28: 23: 976:Milne-Edwards's sifaka ( 880:Sambirano woolly lemur ( 570:BMC Evolutionary Biology 994:Golden-crowned sifaka ( 916:Betsileo woolly lemur ( 898:Southern woolly lemur ( 844:Bemaraha woolly lemur ( 398:: e.T136369A115582568. 265:Peyrieras' woolly lemur 871:Western woolly lemur ( 862:Moore's woolly lemur ( 853:Eastern woolly lemur ( 312:Hapalemur meridionalis 293:fat-tailed dwarf lemur 24:Southern woolly lemur 1244:Paleobiology Database 583:10.1186/1471-2148-2-4 314:) in Mandena Forest. 233:southern woolly lemur 300:collared brown lemur 249:in 2006 by Zaramody 179:A. meridionalis 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UNEP-WCMC 411:19 November 318:Description 1266:Categories 960:P. diadema 949:P. diadema 855:A. laniger 846:A. cleesei 790:Suborder: 711:Factsheets 364:References 141:Suborder: 64:Appendix I 46:Endangered 938:(sifakas) 766:Kingdom: 756:Indriidae 564:Hapalemur 539:: 57–66. 203:Zaramody 173:Species: 155:Indriidae 101:Kingdom: 95:Eukaryota 1103:Q1350349 1097:Wikidata 1064:Category 814:I. indri 786:Primates 780:Mammalia 774:Chordata 772:Phylum: 768:Animalia 685:37074975 677:17805480 657:Primates 642:14395500 602:11914128 514:38431358 437:18 March 298:and the 275:are the 151:Family: 135:Primates 125:Mammalia 115:Chordata 111:Phylum: 105:Animalia 91:Domain: 51:IUCN 3.1 1236:3607509 1210:1000975 1158:5786034 1145:7212764 812:Indri ( 784:Order: 778:Class: 478:: 9–22. 291:), the 283:), the 161:Genus: 131:Order: 121:Class: 66: ( 49: ( 1249:385634 1223:206639 1197:136369 1184:944085 719:report 683:  675:  640:  600:  593:101410 590:  512:  251:et al. 241:), or 207:, 2006 205:et al. 1171:74094 1010:group 951:group 827:Avahi 803:Indri 709:Avahi 681:S2CID 638:S2CID 576:: 4. 510:S2CID 468:(PDF) 431:CITES 345:Avahi 166:Avahi 68:CITES 62:CITES 1192:IUCN 1179:ITIS 1153:GBIF 1132:K29R 673:PMID 598:PMID 533:Oryx 439:2015 413:2021 396:2020 327:Diet 231:The 1205:MDD 1140:EoL 1127:CoL 665:doi 630:doi 588:PMC 578:doi 541:doi 502:doi 400:doi 1268:: 1246:: 1233:: 1220:: 1207:: 1194:: 1181:: 1168:: 1155:: 1142:: 1129:: 1114:: 1099:: 679:. 671:. 661:49 659:. 636:. 626:33 624:. 610:^ 596:. 586:. 572:. 568:. 537:40 535:. 531:. 508:. 498:29 496:. 484:^ 476:74 474:. 470:. 465:)" 447:^ 429:. 394:. 388:. 372:^ 1048:) 1039:) 1030:) 1021:) 998:) 989:) 980:) 971:) 962:) 920:) 911:) 902:) 893:) 884:) 875:) 866:) 857:) 848:) 816:) 747:e 740:t 733:v 687:. 667:: 644:. 632:: 604:. 580:: 574:2 549:. 543:: 516:. 504:: 441:. 415:. 402:: 386:" 382:" 310:( 302:( 287:( 279:( 267:( 235:( 70:) 53:)

Index

Conservation status
Endangered
IUCN 3.1
CITES
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Strepsirrhini
Indriidae
Avahi
Binomial name

woolly lemur
Peyrieras' woolly lemur
brown mouse lemur
greater dwarf lemur
fat-tailed dwarf lemur
collared brown lemur
southern lesser bamboo lemur


"Avahi meridionalis"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
doi
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136369A115582568.en

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