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Surprise encounter After a stormy night in Andasibe/Mantadia National Park, Madagascar, these woolly lemurs were disturbed from their usual sleeping place, so we came across them looking bewildered in the daylight. Avahi laniger,Eastern woolly lemur Click/tap to enlarge

Surprise encounter

After a stormy night in Andasibe/Mantadia National Park, Madagascar, these woolly lemurs were disturbed from their usual sleeping place, so we came across them looking bewildered in the daylight.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    An excellent closeup of a nocturnal animal, very well done. Posted 10 years ago

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The Eastern woolly lemur

The eastern woolly lemur, also known as the eastern avahi or Gmelin's woolly lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to eastern Madagascar, where it lives in humid forests. This nocturnal animal weighs 1-1.3 kg and reaches a length of 27–29 cm with a tail of 33–37 cm. Its diet consists mainly of leaves and buds.

The eastern woolly lemur lives in monogamous pairs together with their offspring.

Other lemur species that live in the same rainforests of eastern woolly.. more

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Similar species: Primates
Species identified by Lareine Davidson
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Uploaded Apr 28, 2015. Captured May 19, 2013 09:43.
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  • NIKON D5100
  • f/4.5
  • 10/1600s
  • ISO1600
  • 170mm

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