golden-crowned sifaka

primate
Also known as: Propithecus tattersalli, Tattersall’s sifaka

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  • Crowned sifaka (Propithecus coronatus).
    In sifaka

    …highlands of Ankarana, and the golden-crowned, or Tattersall’s, sifaka (P. tattersalli), first described scientifically in 1988, lives only in the Daraina region of the northeast. Both species are critically endangered. Sifakas are related to avahis and the indri; all are primates of the leaping lemur family, Indridae.

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