Coquerel's sifaka is a diurnal, medium-sized lemur of the sifaka genus Propithecus, native to northwestern Madagascar. It was once considered a subspecies of Verreaux's sifaka before being granted full species status, and it is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List because of habitat loss and hunting. The species was named after French entomologist Charles Coquerel, and in popular culture the title character of the children's television show Zoboomafoo is a Coquerel's sifaka.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status. Comparison
CITES Appendix Partially Attested
Population EstimateEstimate covers only Ankarafantsika National Park, not the whole species range. Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceWhite dorsal pelage and tail with maroon patches on the chest and parts of the limbs 1 Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
In Biome
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Propithecus coquereli (Animal Diversity Web)
In Ecosystem
Source World Wildlife Fund
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Coquerel's sifaka
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Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
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listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List
Distribution, paragraph 3
The population size may be ~47,000 individuals in the Ankarafantsika National Park.
Description
The dorsal pelage and tail of Coquerel's sifaka are white, and it has maroon patches on the chest and portions of the limbs.
- Critically Endangered...due to habitat loss and hunting
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It is a critically endangered species, according to the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, and it is listed in CITES Appendix I.
View the Source2. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
3. Coquerel's sifaka (Wikipedia)
4. GBIF Species API
Wikidata: Coquerel's Sifaka
Wikidata Q1131678, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: IndriidaeView the Source World Wildlife Fund
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Propithecus coquereli (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyIn Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat: Habitat Regions, Terrestrial BiomesQuote, In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat: Habitat Regions, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial ... Terrestrial Biomes forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest
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