Eastern lesser bamboo lemur

The eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus), also called the gray bamboo lemur or gray gentle lemur, is a small lemur endemic to Madagascar. It feeds mainly on bamboo and has more manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination than most lemurs, climbing vertically and leaping from stalk to stalk in thick bamboo forest. The nominate form was described in 1795 by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, is grey with sometimes a red patch on the head, and averages 284 mm in length with a 370 mm tail and a mass near 0.8 kg. The population is estimated to be declining because of hunting and habitat loss, and the IUCN considers the form vulnerable.