Common Name- Gray headed Lemur
Scientific Name- Eulemur Cinereiceps
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Mammalia
Family- Lemuridae
Location:
The Gray-headed Lemur lives in South-east Madagascar, between the Manampatrana River and down to the Mananara River. They tend to live in more of a forest habitat. Where they live currently is a thin strip of forest located near the river. They live a very vegetarian lifestyle by eating flowers, leaves and fungi. This lifestyle makes for not as often a competition or lack of food.
The Gray-headed Lemur lives in South-east Madagascar, between the Manampatrana River and down to the Mananara River. They tend to live in more of a forest habitat. Where they live currently is a thin strip of forest located near the river. They live a very vegetarian lifestyle by eating flowers, leaves and fungi. This lifestyle makes for not as often a competition or lack of food.
Physical Attributes:
The Gray headed lemur is a medium sized lemur. There are physical distinctions of male and female. Males are dark with a white beard where the female lemur is a redish-brown color.
Social Behavior:
Gray- headed lemurs are found in smaller social groups ranging is size from three to nine. In the reserves that some are placed in currently, they have noticed 3 social groups with 6 to 11 primates at Mahabo and 2 social groups with 4 to 8 primates at Manombo.
Extinction:
The top threats to the Gray- headed lemur is logging, hunting and conversion of rain forest habitat to agricultural land.
The Gray headed lemur is a medium sized lemur. There are physical distinctions of male and female. Males are dark with a white beard where the female lemur is a redish-brown color.
Social Behavior:
Gray- headed lemurs are found in smaller social groups ranging is size from three to nine. In the reserves that some are placed in currently, they have noticed 3 social groups with 6 to 11 primates at Mahabo and 2 social groups with 4 to 8 primates at Manombo.
Extinction:
The top threats to the Gray- headed lemur is logging, hunting and conversion of rain forest habitat to agricultural land.
Conservation:
These species are also found in the Manombo Special Reserve and in Mahabo Classified forest. But many of these species have been found in unprotected forests that could be added to reserves.The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust is working with Madagascar National Parks to strengthen protection at Manombo to expanded the special reserve. Conservation education and Tree planting programs have been created in Manombo communities to make a better environment for the lemrus. Coservation international is initiating programs for the management of the Fandriana- Vondrozo forest corridor, where many gray- headed lemurs are unprotected.
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