Male Red-fronted lemur dodging spikes in Tsingy
The Tsingy area, known for its limestone spike formations, consists of two parts: the big Tsingy and the small Tsingy. Here we are at the top of the small Tsingy, taking a rest from the climb. Because of the baking sun, we only rested for one minute and packed up to go down again. Then, by luck we got a glimpse of an awesome scene: lemurs walking the Tsingy spikes. This is a classic scene you may know from the BBC documentary of Madagascar.
The red-fronted lemur, also known as the red-fronted brown lemur or southern red-fronted brown lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, it was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, ''E. fulvus''. In 2001, ''E. fulvus'' was split into several separate species, including ''Eulemur rufus'', in which this species was included. In 2008, ''E. rufus'' was split into two species, the red lemur and the red-fronted lemur . ''E. rufus'' covers the population on the west coast.. more
