Family

Indriidae

8 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Primates › Indriidae

Indri indri (Gmelin, 1788)

Indri indri, the largest living lemur, is a tree-dwelling lemur native to eastern Madagascar's forests.

Propithecus verreauxi Grandidier, 1867

Verreaux's sifaka is a Critically Endangered medium-sized lemur endemic to Madagascar, adapted to arboreal vertical leaping.

Propithecus diadema Bennett, 1832

Propithecus diadema, the diademed sifaka, is a large distinctively marked lemur found across eastern and south central Madagascar.

Propithecus candidus Grandidier, 1871

Propithecus candidus, the silky sifaka, is a large distinctive lemur found only in northeastern Madagascar.

Propithecus coquereli (Grandidier, 1867)

Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) is a lemur native to northwestern Madagascar, detailed here for appearance, range, and reproduction.

Propithecus deckenii Peters, 1870

Von der Decken's sifaka is a critically endangered sifaka lemur endemic to Western Madagascar's arid forests.

Propithecus edwardsi Grandidier, 1871

Milne-Edwards's sifaka is a large diurnal arboreal lemur endemic to the rainforests of southeastern Madagascar.

Avahi laniger (Gmelin, 1788)

Avahi laniger, the eastern woolly lemur, is a nocturnal lemur species native to the rainforests of Madagascar.

Related Families

Cercopithecidae 70 species Callitrichidae 22 species Cebidae 20 species Atelidae 18 species Pitheciidae 13 species Lemuridae 12 species Hylobatidae 10 species Hominidae 6 species

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