Sifaka

If you're wondering, 'sifaka' is an onomatopoetic reference to their alarm call, and is pronounced 'shee-fak' (or something similar if you use your imagination). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Crowned sifaka lemurs are found only in Madagascar, and their survival is threatened by deforestation. ❋ Andrew Bleiman (2010)

Other cages held juvenile roos and platys, possums and tiger cats, dingoes and koalas, along with equally disconsolate representatives of outlying tribes such as small felines, rodents, a black bear cub, and an especially wretched sifaka. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

Golden-crowned sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli), Madagascar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These include two of the six Malagasy endemic baobab species (Adansonia grandidieri and A. suarezensis), two species or subspecies of primate, Perrier's sifaka and golden crowned sifaka, western forest rat, and ploughshare tortoise. ❋ Unknown (2009)

* Like ‘fossa’ and ‘sifaka’, ‘hoatzin’ is one of those words that is, apparently, not pronounced the way in which it is written. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi), and the red-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus rufus) are both found in this ecoregion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Anyway, the flaps of skin that extend as a sifaka jumps appear to function in gliding, and indeed the entire arm seems to function as an airfoil. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Well, Feduccia not only drew attention to the presence and role of the skin membranes in sifakas, he also discussed the presence of a thick, posteriorly projecting mat of hair on the sifaka forearm. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Lemurs have been the focal point of species-based conservation efforts in Madagascar, including Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi) pictured here. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A nice galery of sifaka movies (P. verreauxi) can be found here. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

* The Indri Indri indri is of course not a sifaka, but it is a close relative, and a large one given that it reaches 70 cm in total length and 7.5 kg. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Taxonomic revisions have thus upped the number of sifaka species from three to nine. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Known informally as the Tsinjoarivo sifaka, it is small, with distinctive black patches on its limbs, and with duller yellow-orange on its limbs, and less white facial hair, than definite P. diadema. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The lemurs and other primates at far right are among the best here: there's an aye-aye, a sifaka, indri and others. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)