Silky_sifaka

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Sunil R Agadi

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New species introduced. Good one. Keep posting. Promoted. Posted 9 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
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  To emphasize, this is one of the rarest mammals on the planet, about 200 left. Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Sunil R Agadi
    
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    Oh is it...?! Thanks for that info Ferdy. Is it because of their fur color that they named as silky ? Posted 9 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
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      Yes indeed, the female (shown here) is pretty much all-white. Posted 9 years ago

Claire Hamilton

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Fantastic, as Ferdy says, the rarest which makes you one very lucky person indeed. I never expected to see a photo of one of these here, very happy and very, very jealous!!! :) Posted 9 years ago
1. Tarsier
  
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  Marojejy NP is the place to see them:-)! Posted 9 years ago

The Silky sifaka

The silky sifaka, or silky simpona, is a large lemur characterized by long, silky, white fur. It has a very restricted range in northeastern Madagascar, where it is known locally as the simpona. It is one of the rarest mammals on Earth, and is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as one of the world's 25 most critically endangered primates. The silky sifaka is one of nine sifaka species, and one of four former subspecies of diademed sifaka. Studies in 2004 and 2007 compared.. more

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Similar species: Primates

Species identified by Tarsier