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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.

    Zoboomafoo, the main character in the television show of the same name, is a Verreaux's Sifaka.

        Verreaux's Sifaka
    NameVerreauxs Sifaka
    StatusVU
    Trendunknown
    Status Systemiucn2.3
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    RegnumAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassisMammalia
    OrdoPrimates
    FamiliaIndriidae
    GenusPropithecus
    SpeciesP. verreauxi
    BinomialPropithecus verreauxi
    Binomial AuthorityAlfred Grandidier
     
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