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Perrier's sifaka^[1]

Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Indriidae
Genus:	Propithecus
Species:	P. perrieri
Binomial name
*Propithecus perrieri* Lavauden, 1931

Perrier's sifaka range

Perrier's sifaka (Propithecus perrieri) is a sifaka endemic to Madagascar. It has a length of 85 to 92 centimeters, of which 42-46 centimeters are tail.^[3] Perrier's sifaka has a very limited range in northeastern Madagascar between the Irodo River to the north and the Lokia River to the south.^[3] It lives in dry deciduous and semi-humid forest.^[3]

Its pelage is almost entirely black.^[3] Group size is between 2 and 6 individuals.^[3] Diet includes leaves, unripe fruit, leave petioles, young shoots and flowers.^[3] It is considered one of the 25 most endangered primates in the world.^[4]

References

^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100093.
^ Andrainarivo, C., Andriaholinirina, V. N., Feistner, A., Felix, T., Ganzhorn, J., Garbutt, N., Golden, C., Konstant, B., Louis Jr., E., Meyers, D., Mittermeier, R. A., Perieras, A., Princee, F., Rabarivola, J. C., Rakotosamimanana, B., Rasamimanana, H., Ratsimbazafy, J., Raveloarinoro, G., Razafimanantsoa, A., Rumpler, Y., Schwitzer, C., Thalmann, U., Wilmé, L. & Wright, P. (2008). Propithecus perrieri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Garbutt, Nick (2007). Mammals of Madagascar, A Complete Guide. pp. 189–191.
^ Mittmeier, R. et al. (2005) "Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2004-2006"

External links

Primate Info Net Eastern Sifakas Factsheet

v t e Extant species of family Indriidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Primates · Suborder: Strepsirhini

Indri	Indri (I. indri)

Avahi (woolly lemurs)	Bemaraha woolly lemur (A. cleesei) · eastern woolly lemur (A. laniger) · Moore's woolly lemur (A. mooreorum) · western woolly lemur (A. occidentalis) · Sambirano woolly lemur (A. unicolor) · Peyrieras' woolly lemur (A. peyrierasi) · southern woolly lemur (A. meridionalis) · Ramanantsoavana's woolly lemur (A. ramanantsoavani) · Betsileo woolly lemur (A. betsileo)

Propithecus (sifakas)	P. diadema group: diademed sifaka (P. diadema) · silky sifaka (P. candidus) · Milne-Edwards' sifaka (P. edwardsi) · Perrier's sifaka (P. perrieri) · golden-crowned sifaka (P. tattersalli) P. verreauxi group: Verreaux's sifaka (P. verreauxi) · Coquerel's sifaka (P. coquereli) · Decken's sifaka (P. deckenii) · crowned sifaka (P. coronatus)

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