Critically Endangered
Perrier's sifaka
Propithecus perrieri
Perrier's sifaka is a lemur endemic to Madagascar.
Appearance
It has small, brown, forward-facing eyes. Its pelage is almost entirely black, and the ventral coat has a brownish tint. All but the face is furred, though some individuals' ears are bald.
Perrier's sifaka is the smallest eastern sifaka.
It has a body length of 85–92 cm, of that 42–46 cm are tail. It weighs 3.7–6.0 kg, with females tending to be heavier than males.
Range and habitat
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. The species' geographic range is concentrated on the Analamerana Special Reserve managed by Madagascar National Parks and in the Andrafiamena Protected Area managed by the NGO Fanamby. Its habitat consists of dry deciduous and semihumid forest.
While selective logging still seems to be one of the main threads in Analamerana special reserve, deforestation for slash and burn agriculture and for charcoal production is predominant in Andrafiamena-Andavakoera protected area.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
The diet of Perrier's sifaka resembles that of other sifakas, consisting of fruit, leaves, flowers, buds, petioles, and seeds. Sifakas are naturally suited for this herbivorous diet because they have long gastrointestinal tracts and enlarged ceca.
Sifakas in general show seasonal variation in diet.
In crisis
The main threats faced by this sifaka are habitat destruction and fragmentation due to slash-and-burn agriculture, charcoal gathering, and logging. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as "critically endangered". Perrier's sifaka is one of the most endangered primates due to the limited distribution and low population density.
Given the small total population size, persistence of local threats, and the paucity of wildlife patrols, an appraisal of its population levels and an effective control of habitat loss are urgently needed.
CITES lists this taxon on Appendix I. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.
Perrier's sifaka is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Perrier's sifaka, Wikidata item Q1350394. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
