Von der Decken's sifaka, Propithecus deckenii, also called Decken's sifaka, is a lemur endemic to the arid deciduous and spiny succulent forests of western Madagascar. It weighs 3 to 4.5 kilograms, is arboreal, diurnal and folivorous, and has a large cecum and two large intestines for digesting leaves. It was first treated as a subspecies of Verreaux's sifaka and was raised to species status in 1994. The IUCN rates it Critically Endangered and it is on CITES Appendix I. Forest loss for charcoal, timber and cattle pasture, bushmeat poaching and capture for the pet trade threaten it, and a population decline of 80 percent is predicted for 2020 to 2050.
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Population Trend System (Realm) ThreatsAgriculture and Aquaculture 2 ThreatsBiological Resource Use 2 Relationship to People Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Indriidae (Wikipedia)
In Biome
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In Ecosystem
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Source Von der Decken's sifaka (Wikipedia)Lead, where it livesQuote, Lead, where it lives
is a lemur that is endemic to the arid, deciduous and spiny succulent forests of western Madagascar
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1. Indriidae (Wikipedia)
Characteristics
The 19 extant Indriidae species vary considerably in size.
Characteristics, diet
Indriidae are herbivores, eating mostly leaves, fruits, and flowers.
Characteristics, system
All species are arboreal, though they do come to the ground occasionally.
Child Taxon Of: Indriidae, Classification
Decken's sifaka, Propithecus deckenii
View the Source2. Von der Decken's sifaka (Wikipedia)
Lead
Von der Decken's sifaka is an arboreal, diurnal, folivorous primate.
Lead, conservation status
The IUCN considers von der Decken's sifaka to be a critically endangered species, and it is listed in CITES Appendix I.
Lead, threats
The species is threatened by habitat loss as a result of deforestation for the production of charcoal and for the creation of pastures for livestock.
Lead, threats (2)
Poaching for bushmeat and live capture for the exotic pet trade are other threats to the survival of von der Decken's sifakas in the wild.
Lead, population trend
The IUCN predicts a population decline of 80% between 2020 and 2050.
Lead, where it lives
is a lemur that is endemic to the arid, deciduous and spiny succulent forests of western Madagascar
In Ecosystem: Madagascar Dry Deciduous Forests, Distribution
occurs in fragmented deciduous forests and tsingy in western Madagascar
View the Source3. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt, row for Propithecus deckenii, BodyMass-ValueQuote, MamFuncDat.txt, row for Propithecus deckenii, BodyMass-Value
Propithecus deckenii Indriidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 70 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 0 0 1 Ref_1 ABC 4000
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