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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) is a medium sized primate in one of the lemur families, Indriidae. It lives in Madagascar and can be found in a variety of habitats from rainforest to western Madagascar dry deciduous forests and dry and spiny forests. The fur is thick and silky and generally white with brown on the sides, top of the head, and on the arms. Like all sifakas, it has a long tail that it uses as a balance when leaping from tree to tree. However, its body is so highly adapted to an arboreal existence that on the ground its only means of locomotion is hopping. The species lives in small troops and forages for food in the morning and late afternoon, resting during the hottest part of the day. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ...
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Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ...
Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...
Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with...
Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Anagaloidea (extinct) Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Dinocerata (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes...
Families 15, See classification A primate (L. prima, first) is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. ...
Genera The Indriidae (also spelled Indridae) are a family of strepsirrhine primates. ...
Species Propithecus diadema Propithecus edwardsi Propithecus perrieri Propithecus tattersalli Propithecus verreauxi Propithecus coquereli Propithecus deckenii Sifakas are a genus (Propithecus) from the primate family Indridae. ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
Alfred Grandidier (December 20, 1836 - September 13, 1921) was a French naturalist and explorer. ...
Families 15, See classification A primate (L. prima, first) is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. ...
Superfamilies and Families Cheirogaleoidea Cheirogaleidae Lemuroidea Lemuridae Lepilemuridae Indriidae Lemurs are part of a class of primates known as prosimians, and make up the infraorder Lemuriformes. ...
Genera The Indriidae (also spelled Indridae) are a family of strepsirrhine primates. ...
Aerial photo of a portion of the Anjajavy Forest, inset by a swath of mangrove riparian forest. ...
Type species Propithecus diadema Bennett, 1832 Species Propithecus diadema Propithecus edwardsi Propithecus perrieri Propithecus tattersalli Propithecus verreauxi Propithecus coquereli Propithecus deckenii Sifakas are a genus (Propithecus) from the primate family Indridae. ...
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Zoboomafoo, the main character in the television show of the same name, is a Verreaux's Sifaka. Zoboomafoo is a kids television program on PBS Kidswhich aired from 1999 to 2001. ...
References
- Baillie (1996). Propithecus verreauxi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU A2cd v2.3)
- Groves, Colin (2005-11-16). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds) Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 121. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. ...
The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
Dr Colin Groves is a Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ...
External link - ARKive - images and movies of the Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verr)
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