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<td>Coquerel's sifaka / Sifaka</td>
<td>Tree lemur. Endemic to Ankarafantsika. Rarest and most threatened species.</td>
<td>It has a head-body length of 45cm and a tail length of 55cm long. The adult female weights around 3.76kg and the adult male around 3.70kg. The upper body is whitish woolly, the lower body is dark brown woolly. The face is bare and black with a black nose and white muzzle. The tail is white.</td>
<td>Diurnal. Folivore and frugivore - feeds on leaves and fruits.</td></tr>
<td>[[Mongoose lemur]] / Dredrika</td>
<td>Tree lemur. Endemic to Ankarafantsika. Vulnerable species.</td>
<td>It has a head-body length of 30cm to 35cm and a tail length of 48cm. An adult weights between 1kg and 1.50kg5kg. The male has a brown back, darker than the female. Male and female distinguish themselves by the colour of their shoulders: Blackish brown for females and yellowish for males. Both sexes have orange eyes and a white nose.</td><td>Diurnal in rainy season when the food is abondant abundant and nocturnal in dry season when the food is scaresscarce. Folivore and frugivore - feeds on leaves and fruits. Sometimes insectivore - feeds on insects.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Cheirogaleus medius''</td>
<td>Western woolly lemur / Tsarafangitra</td>
<td>Tree lemur. Endemic to Madagascar.</td>
<td>The length of head and body is greater than the length of the tail. An adult weights 859g. Dense fur with a shaped loop on the back. Median Medium grey, sometimes mottled brown back. Sometimes reddish grey tail.</td>
<td>Folivore - eating mostly leaves of ''Commiphora pervilleana'' (Matambelona).</td></tr></table><br>