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Lemurs (4th in series): Diademed Sifaka

Propithecus diadema  – the Diademed Sifaka or Diademed Simpona – is a large, utterly distinctive lemur.

It is critically endangered, but relatively easy to see in the (rapidly diminishing) wild, only a few hours away from Madagascar’s capital city.

The next image will explain why many people regard the Diademed  Sifaka as the loveliest lemur.

 

 

Diademed Sifaka, on the “contentious Lemur Island”. Copyright Doug Spencer.

 

 

Click here to discover why the (private) Lemur Island is “contentious”.

All photos in this post are copyright Doug Spencer, taken on 21 May 2018.

The above image excepted, all photos show fully-wild Diademed Sifakas, in the rainforests of Andasibe-Mantadia National Park.

 

 

Diademed Sifaka, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. Copyright Doug Spencer.

 

 

Feeding, in a mist, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. Copyright Doug Spencer

 

 

Diademed Sifaka, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. Copyright Doug Spencer.

 

 

Detail. Same individual as in previous image. Copyright Doug Spencer

 

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