Endangered
Southern woolly lemur
Avahi meridionalis
Southern woolly lemur is a primate in the family Indriidae (order Primates) — Avahi meridionalis, recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
Dorsal fur is grey-brown toning down to light grey distally, while ventrum is grey. The tail is red-brown and darkens distally.
The southern woolly lemur has a mean weight of 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) for females and 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) for males, with a mean head-body length of 27 cm (11 in) and 25 cm (9.8 in) for females and males, respectively.
Range and habitat
Further studies are required to determine the exact distribution range and especially the limits with its sister species Peyrieras' woolly lemur (A. Peyrierasi). In southeastern littoral forests, sympatric lemur species of Southern woolly lemur are the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus), the greater dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus major), the fat-tailed dwarf lemur Cheirogaleus medius and the collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris) in Sainte Luce Forest, and the southern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur meridionalis) in Mandena Forest. Groups can range from 2 (the parental pair only) to 5 individuals (among them the offspring of subsequent years).
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet and breeding
Southern woolly lemur can eat adult leaves with higher content of easily soluble protein (than non-food leaves) and switch, as soon as possible, on young leaves, richer in crude protein, and poorer in acid detergent fiber and sugar. It is a nocturnal and pair-living species.
A study in Sainte Luce forest revealed home range varied from 2.2 to 3.5 ha and that males can have larger home range and cover longer daily distances than females (that can spend more time feeding), in agreement with the territory defence and mate guarding hypotheses.
In crisis
Degradation level, more than fragment size, seems to affect density and birth rates of the populations of this species.
Southern woolly lemur is 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 Southern woolly lemur, Wikidata item Q1350349. 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.
