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Golden Bamboo Lemur^[1]

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Lemuridae
Genus:	Hapalemur
Species:	H. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Organisms with a conservation status of critically endangered have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands A primate is a member of the biological order Primates ( Latin: "prime first rank" the group that contains Lemurs the Aye-aye Lemuridae is a family of Prosimian Primates native to Madagascar, and one of four families commonly known as Lemurs These animals The bamboo or gentle lemurs are the Lemurs in genus Hapalemur. aureus

Binomial name

Hapalemur aureus
(Meier, Albignac, Peyriéras, Rumpler & Wright, 1987)

The Golden Bamboo Lemur or Golden Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) is a medium sized bamboo lemur endemic to southeastern Madagascar. The bamboo or gentle lemurs are the Lemurs in genus Hapalemur. Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss. The population is declining with only about 1000 individuals. As its name indicates this lemur feeds almost exclusively on grasses especially the Giant bamboo or Volohosy (Cathariostachys madagascariensis). Bamboo is a group of Woody perennial Evergreen Plants in the True grass family Poaceae, subfamily The golden bamboo lemur consumes enough cyanide daily to kill a human, but the lemurs' detoxification mechanism is still unknown. A cyanide is any Chemical compound that contains the cyano group (C≡N which consists of a Carbon Atom triple-bonded to a

The Golden Bamboo Lemur is crepuscular. Crepuscular is a term used to describe animals that are primarily active during Twilight, hence at Dawn and at Dusk. It is 37-39. 5 cm long plus a tail of 37-41 cm and weighs between 1 and 1. 5 kg.

Females gives birth to one infant per year and breed every year. The gestation period is about 138 days.

References

^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Colin Groves is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. in Wilson, D. E. , and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 116. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
^ Ganzhorn et al (2000). Hapalemur aureus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A2cd v2. 3)

External links

ARKive - images and movies of the golden bamboo lemur

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