Avahi ramanantsoavanai (Zaramody, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Andriaholinirina, Rabarivola, Norscia, Tattersall & Rumpler, 2006)

Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Indriidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 142-175 : 165-166

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Manombo Woolly Lemur

Avahi ramanantsoavanai

French: Avahi de Manombo / German: Manombo-Wollmaki / Spanish: Lémur lanudo de Manombo

Other common names: Ramanantsoavana’s Southern Woolly Lemur, Ramanantsoavana's Woolly Lemur

Taxonomy. Avahi meridionalis ramanantsoavani Zaramody et al., 2006 ,

Madagascar, Reserve of Manombo (approx. 47° 41° E, 23°01’ S), Fianarantsoa Province.

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. SE coastal Madagascar, currently known only from the area ofits type locality, the Manombo Special Reserve and Agnalazaha Forest.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 24-31 cm, tail 33-40 cm; weight 900-1000 g. The Manombo Woolly Lemuris slightly smaller than the Eastern Woolly Lemur (A. laniger ) and Peyrieras’s Woolly Lemur (A. peyrierasi ). The dorsal fur is gray-brown, and the ventrum is gray—the latter overtaking laterally from a white band on the posterior legs. The tail is red-brown. The facial mask differs slightly from that of the Eastern Woolly Lemur in that the fur of some individual Manombo Woolly Lemursis lighter, while the outline of others may be more pronounced.

Habitat. Primary tropical rainforest.

Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.

Breeding. There is no information available for this species.

Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Manombo Woolly Lemur is nocturnal and arboreal.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.

Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix I. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. However, at the [IUCN/SSC Lemur Red-Listing Workshop held in July 2012, A. ramanantsoavanai was assessed as vulnerable. The only protected areas in which the Manombo Woolly Lemur occurs are the Manombo Special Reserve and the nearby Agnalazaha Forest (currently managed by the Missouri Botanical Garden). Further studies are required to determineits exact distribution, and especially its distributional limits relative to those of the neighboring Peyrieras’s Woolly Lemur and the Southern Woolly Lemur (A. meridionalis ).

Bibliography. Andriantompohavana et al. (2007), Lei et al. (2008), Markolf et al. (2011), Mittermeier et al. (2010), Rumpler et al. (2011), Zaramody et al. (2006).

Figures

On following pages: 12. Crowned Sifaka (Propithecus coronatus); 13. Coquerel’s Sifaka (Propithecus coquerell); 14. Tattersall’s Sifaka (Propithecus tattersall); 15. Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema); 16. Milne-Edwards's Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi); 17. Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus); 18. Perrier’s Sifaka (Propithecus perrieri).

Distribution. SE coastal Madagascar, currently known only from the area ofits type locality, the Manombo Special Reserve and Agnalazaha Forest.