Peyrieras's woolly lemur or Peyrieras's avahi (''Avahi peyrierasi'') is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
woolly lemur
The woolly lemurs, also known as avahis or woolly indris, are nine species of strepsirrhine primates in the genus ''Avahi''. Like all other lemurs, they live only on the island of Madagascar.
With a body size of and a weight of , the woolly lem ...
native to southeastern
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
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It weighs about 1 kg.
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References
Woolly lemurs
Mammals described in 2006
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