Avahi occidentalis von Lorenz-Liburnau 1898 (western wooly lemur)

Mammalia - Primates - Indriidae

Alternative combination: Avahi laniger occidentalis

Full reference: L. von Lorenz-Liburnau. 1898. Säugetiere von Madagaskar und Sansibar. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 21:443-467

Belongs to Avahi according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005

See also von Lorenz-Liburnau 1898

Sister taxa: Avahi betsilio, Avahi cleesei, Avahi laniger, Avahi meridionalis, Avahi mooreorum, Avahi peyrierasi, Avahi ramanantsoavani, Avahi unicolor, Semnocebus albigena

Ecology: arboreal folivore-frugivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Avahi occidentalis in the database

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