The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Prosimians

Southern Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur meridionalis)

The range of this species is restricted to south-east Madagascar from Andohahela north to the Mananara River.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Toddy

 

Northern Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis)

The range of this species extends through northern Madagascar in a number of scattered and disjunct pockets, with the largest population hub extending from the Masaola Peninsula south to Zahamena National Park.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ro6ca66

 

Lac Alaotra Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur alaotrensis)

The range of this species is restricted to a pair of disjunct populations on the shoreline of Lac Alaotra; a small one in the northern part of the lake around the Belempona Peninsula; and a larger one in the adjoining marshlands along the lake's southwestern shores.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ro6ca66

 

Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)

The range of this species extends in a narrow band across the rainforests of south-eastern Madagascar, from Ranomafana National Park south to Andringitra National Park.

Monotypic.

Photo by @lintworm

 

Greater Gentle Lemur (Prolemur simus)

The range of this species is restricted to a number of small disjunct populations scattered across much of eastern Madagascar.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Maguari

 

DAUBENTONIIDAE



This family comprises one extant species:

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

The range of this species extends across the vast majority of coastal Madagascar in scattered low-density pockets, particularly on the east coast and the north-west.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Toddy



Photo by @Paradoxurus

 

INDRIIDAE



This family comprises 19 extant species within three genera:

Indri Indri indri

Betsileo Woolly Lemur Avahi betsileo
Bemaraha Woolly Lemur Avahi cleesei
Eastern Woolly Lemur Avahi laniger
Southern Woolly Lemur Avahi meridionalis
Moore's Woolly Lemur Avahi mooreorum
Western Woolly Lemur Avahi occidentalis
Peyrieras' Woolly Lemur Avahi peyrierasi
Ramanantsoavana's Woolly Lemur Avahi ramanantsoavani
Sambirano Woolly Lemur Avahi unicolor

Silky Sifaka Propithecus candidus
Coquerel's Sifaka Propithecus coquereli
Crowned Sifaka Propithecus coronatus
Decken's Sifaka Propithecus deckenii
Diademed Sifaka Propithecus diadema
Milne-Edwards' Sifaka Propithecus edwardsi
Perrier's Sifaka Propithecus perrieri
Golden-crowned Sifaka Propithecus tattersalli
Verreaux's Sifaka Propithecus verreauxi

 

Indri (Indri indri)

The range of this species extends across the tropical moist lowland and montane forests of eastern Madagascar from the Anosibe an'ala Classified Forest in the south to the Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve in the north.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Buldeo

 

Betsileo Woolly Lemur (Avahi betsileo)

The range of this species is restricted to the Bemosary Classified Forest in east-central Madagascar.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Bemaraha Woolly Lemur (Avahi cleesei)

The range of this species is restricted to the Tsingy de Bemaraha region of central-western Madagascar.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Eastern Woolly Lemur (Avahi laniger)

The range of this species extends throughout much of the eastern rainforests of Madagascar, from the Bemarivo River in the north to the Nesivolo/Mangoro in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @lintworm

 

Southern Woolly Lemur (Avahi meridionalis)

The range of this species is restricted to Andohahela National Park and Sainte-Luce in southeastern Madagascar.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Moore's Woolly Lemur (Avahi mooreorum)

The range of this species is restricted to the Masaola National Park in northeastern Madagascar.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Western Woolly Lemur (Avahi occidentalis)

The range of this species is restricted to northwestern Madagascar to the north and east of the Betsiboka River as far as the Bay of Narinda, and possibly also the Ankarafantsika National Park.

Monotypic.

Photo by @lintworm

 

Peyrieras' Woolly Lemur (Avahi peyrierasi)

The range of this species extends throughout southeastern Madagascar south of the Mangoro/Nesivolo river systems to the Midongy Du Sud National Park.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Ramanantsoavana's Woolly Lemur (Avahi ramanantsoavani)

The range of this species is restricted to the Manombo Special Reserve and Agnalahaza Forest of southeastern Madagascar.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Sambirano Woolly Lemur (Avahi unicolor)

The range of this species is restricted to the tropical moist lowland forests of the Sambirano region in northwestern Madagascar, including the Ampasindava Peninsula.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus)

The range of this species is restricted to the humid forest belt extending from Maroantsetra to the Andapa Basin and Marojejy Massif in northeastern Madagascar.

Monotypic.

No zoochatters have posted photographs of this species to the gallery.

 

Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)

The range of this species extends throughout the tropical dry lowland forests of northwestern Madagascar to the north and west of the Betsiboka River, from Ambato-Boeni in the south to Bealanana in the north.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Malayan Tapir

 

Crowned Sifaka (Propithecus coronatus)

The range of this species is restricted to northwestern Madagascar, from the Mahavavy River in the southwest to the Betsiboka River in the northeast.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ro6ca66