Scientific Name: P. Candidus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primate
Family: Indriidae
Location & Diet:
Clustered in the mountains of northeastern Madagscar they are known locally as "ghosts of the forest" because they seem to flash through the trees. Like other eastern sifakas it consumes mainly leaves and seeds, but also fruit, flowers, and even soil on occasion.
Physical Attributes:
The silky sifaka is named "angel of the forest because of it's white hair. The lemur has long, silky, white fur and sometimes has silver hues on the top of it's head and the back of it's limbs. It also has a black face with deep orange eyes.
Social Behavior:
The silky sifaka has a variable social structure, and lives in groups of two to nine individuals. It spends most of its day feeding and resting, but also spends a lot of time playing, grooming and traveling. They mate one day a year during the start of the rainy season. Mating primarily takes place between November and January, and the young is born in June or July. The tiny infant will cling to the mother's belly and later will ride on her back as she travels through the forest. Indicating the strong bonds within silky sifaka groups, other group members, not just the mother, have been observed taking part in the infants care through carrying, nursing, grooming, and playing.
Extinction:
The silky sifakas are known as one of the world's rarest mammals. There are fewer than 1,000 still alive, and is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUNC) as one of the most critically endangered primates. People are the silkies' main threat. Some hunt them for food, others burn their forest habitat to make room for rice fields. Loggers also destroy the silky habitat when they cut down, illegally, the rare rosewood trees, which are also almost completely extinct.
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Location & Diet:
Clustered in the mountains of northeastern Madagscar they are known locally as "ghosts of the forest" because they seem to flash through the trees. Like other eastern sifakas it consumes mainly leaves and seeds, but also fruit, flowers, and even soil on occasion.
Physical Attributes:
The silky sifaka is named "angel of the forest because of it's white hair. The lemur has long, silky, white fur and sometimes has silver hues on the top of it's head and the back of it's limbs. It also has a black face with deep orange eyes.
Social Behavior:
The silky sifaka has a variable social structure, and lives in groups of two to nine individuals. It spends most of its day feeding and resting, but also spends a lot of time playing, grooming and traveling. They mate one day a year during the start of the rainy season. Mating primarily takes place between November and January, and the young is born in June or July. The tiny infant will cling to the mother's belly and later will ride on her back as she travels through the forest. Indicating the strong bonds within silky sifaka groups, other group members, not just the mother, have been observed taking part in the infants care through carrying, nursing, grooming, and playing.
Extinction:
The silky sifakas are known as one of the world's rarest mammals. There are fewer than 1,000 still alive, and is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUNC) as one of the most critically endangered primates. People are the silkies' main threat. Some hunt them for food, others burn their forest habitat to make room for rice fields. Loggers also destroy the silky habitat when they cut down, illegally, the rare rosewood trees, which are also almost completely extinct.
HOW CAN I HELP?
http://www.simpona.org/how_can_you_help.html
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