Perrier’s Sifaka

Perrier's sifaka (Propithecus perrieri) is a species of lemur endemic to fragmented deciduous dry forests in northern Madagascar. As the smallest of the eastern sifakas of the P. diadema species group, Perrier's sifaka has a head-body length of 85–92 centimeters (33–36 in) and a 42–46 cm (17–18 in) tail, with body weights ranging between 4.3 and 5.0 kg (9.5 and 11.0 lb). With the exception of a rosy-brown tint on the ventral coat, the pelage is wholly black. The eyes are brown and forward-facing. Perrier's sifaka processes its voluminous folivorous diet with an enlarged cecum and two large intestines. For most of the 20th century, it was considered to be a subspecies of the diademed sifaka. It was controversially elevated to specific status on account of mitochondrial evidence published in the early 2000s.

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