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Avahi occidentalis (Lorenz Von Liburnau's Woolly Lemur)

Synonyms: Avahi laniger occidentalis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The western woolly lemur or western avahi (Avahi occidentalis) is a species of woolly lemur native to western Madagascar, where they live in dry deciduous forests. These nocturnal animals weigh 0.7-0.9 kg. It is a folivorous species. The western woolly lemurs live in monogamous pairs together with their offspring.
View Wikipedia Record: Avahi occidentalis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Avahi occidentalis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.407 lbs (1.092 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  33 grams
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  100 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  2 years 4 months
Gestation [1]  4 months 17 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  14 inches (36 cm)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0