Golden bamboo lemur
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Lemuridae |
| Genus: | Hapalemur |
| Species: | H. aureus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hapalemur aureus (Meier, Albignac, Peyriéras, Rumpler & Wright, 1987) |
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The golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus, Malagasy bokombolomena) is a medium sized bamboo lemur endemic to southeastern Madagascar. It is listed as an endangered species due to habitat loss. The population is declining with only about 1000 individuals. As its name indicates this lemur feeds almost exclusively on grasses especially the giant bamboo or volohosy (Cathariostachys madagascariensis).[3] The growing shoots of this bamboo contain 0.015% of cyanide. Each adult lemurs eats about 500g (18 oz) of bamboo per day, which contain approximately twelve times the lethal dose of cyanide for humans.[4]
The golden bamboo lemur is crepuscular. It is 37-39.5 cm long plus a tail of 37–41 cm and weighs between 1 and 1.5 kg.[citation needed]
Females give birth to one infant per year and breed every year. The gestation period is about 138 days.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 116. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100050.
- ^ Andrainarivo, C., Andriaholinirina, V. N., Feistner, A., Felix, T., Ganzhorn, J., Garbutt, N., Golden, C., Konstant, B., Louis Jr., E., Meyers, D., Mittermeier, R. A., Perieras, A., Princee, F., Rabarivola, J. C., Rakotosamimanana, B., Rasamimanana, H., Ratsimbazafy, J., Raveloarinoro, G., Razafimanantsoa, A., Rumpler, Y., Schwitzer, C., Thalmann, U., Wilmé, L. & Wright, P. (2008). Hapalemur aureus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.
- ^ http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=23 152. Golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
- ^ http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/hapaaure.htm
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