1. Diademed Sifaka By: Morgan Card

2. Name  Common name: Diademed Sifaka  Scientific name: Propithecus diadema

3. Natural Habitat  Eastern rainforests  Sometimes smaller forests

4. Life History  Diet- ripe fruits, seeds, flowers, and etc.  Weighs approximately 3.5 kg (7.7 lb)  50 cm (20”) long  Housing- small area, because of the number of species left

5. Life History Contd.  Temperature- rainy season: 96.8 degrees dry season: 39.2 degrees  Relationship- prey for Cryptoprocta Ferox  Age- males: 5 yrs. old females: 4 yrs. old  Offspring- 3-9 individuals 4.8 group size

6. Solitary or Pack?  Pack animal- packs up to 3-10  Golden-crowned Sifaka  One of many types of a lemur animal  Maximum age- 25-30 yrs.  May live in a home of 60-70 individuals

7. Endangered Reasoning  Slash-and-burn agriculture  Logging of forests  Mining gold  Hunting of their food and the animals  Year of 2000 named critically endangered

8. Population/Help  Seven individuals per kilometers squared  National Parks and Forests Reserves  Association Mitsinjo and Conversation Fusion  The more Diademed Sifakas they have in the parks/reserves, the more they will save.

9. Works cited  http://www.iucnredlist.org/photos/2014#chinese-cobra http://www.iucnredlist.org/photos/2014#chinese-cobra  http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/madagascar http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/madagascar  http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/proptatt.htm http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/proptatt.htm  http://lifeandscience.org/keepers/2011/12/29/what-makes-a-lemur-a- lemur/ http://lifeandscience.org/keepers/2011/12/29/what-makes-a-lemur-a- lemur/  http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/diademed_sifaka http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/diademed_sifaka  http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/diademed_sifaka/behav http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/diademed_sifaka/behav  http://www.ophrysphotography.co.uk/slideshows/sifakas/medium/diad emed%20sifaka7437a3-007.jpg http://www.ophrysphotography.co.uk/slideshows/sifakas/medium/diad emed%20sifaka7437a3-007.jpg  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=29 http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=29  http://www.human-resonance.org/sasquatch_genome.html http://www.human-resonance.org/sasquatch_genome.html  http://lemurconservationnetwork.org/category/organization/donations/ web/page/5/ http://lemurconservationnetwork.org/category/organization/donations/ web/page/5/  http://wildvirginia.org/author/woodturtle/page/2/ http://wildvirginia.org/author/woodturtle/page/2/  http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/the-endangered- species-act-turns-40-here-are-the-top-5-big-wins/ http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/the-endangered- species-act-turns-40-here-are-the-top-5-big-wins/  https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/420/420-039/420-039.html https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/420/420-039/420-039.html

10. Quiz 1. What is the Diademed Sifaka’s diet? a. ripe fruitsc. flowers b. seedsd. all of the above 2. Where in the world does this animal live? a. Englandc. United States b. Madagascard. Antartica 3. Why are the Diademed Sifakas classified as endangered? a. gold miningc. strip mining b. logging d. both a and b 4. What year were they classified as critically endangered? a. 2015c. 2000 b. 2012 d. none of the above 5. Which oranization(s) promotes preservation for the Sifakas? a. Conversation Fusion c. Marshal Preservation Foundation b. IEPd. both b and c

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