Golden-crowned sifaka

The golden-crowned sifaka was discovered in 1974 by Ian Tattersall. It lives in gallery, deciduous, and semi-evergreen forest in northeast Madagascar. Its restricted range includes 44 forest fragments, totaling an area of 44,125 hectares. Its estimated population is 18,000 individuals, and it is listed by the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered. Attempts have been made to keep it in...