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Golden bamboo lemur

Order : Primates
Family : Lemuridae
Species : Hapalemur aureus

The Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) can only be found in the rainforests of the island of Madagascar where they live in small family groups with one male and one to two females. It has an average weight of 1.2 to 1.6 kgs. More or less, it is the size of a cat. The typical Golden Bamboo Lemur has short ears, full of hair. Their faces are black, eyebrows are bright yellow, and what about yellow underparts with pale orange underfur.

Arboreal in nature, they are also comfortable on the ground. Wherever they may be (up in the tree or down on the ground), they survive on bamboo: pith, shoots, viny parts and leaf bases, giant bamboo parts, bamboo grass.

Interesting fact: Golden bamboo lemurs eat about halve a kilo of bamboo every day, which contains 12 times the amount of cyanide lethal to most other animals.

Facts about the golden bamboo lemur

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The golden bamboo lemur is less easily seen.

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Hapalemur aureus is the medium sized bamboo lemur. (Full text)

The golden bamboo lemur is found in forest containing giant bamboo. (Full text)

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The golden bamboo lemur is a rotund lemur, the size of a small (Full text)

The critically endangered golden bamboo lemur is one of the world's most endangered mammals. (Full text)

The golden bamboo lemur is E, (Endangered), because of habitat destruction (Full text)

Hapalemur aureus is the golden bamboo lemur. (Full text)

This Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) is one of several species of lemurs that live in Ranomafana National Park. (Full text)