COQUEREL’S SIFAKA Propithecus coquereli ©Laura Quick
Coquerel's sifaka is a diurnal, medium-sized lemur of the sifaka (pronounced “shuh–fokk”) genus Propithecus. It is native to Madagascar. Their herbivorous diet varies by season. In the wet season, they eat immature leaves, flowers, fruit, bark, and dead wood. In the dry season, they eat mature leaves and buds. They may browse nearly 100 plant species, but the majority of its feeding time is concentrated on about 10% of these. Since it has a very fibrous diet, Coquerel's sifaka has an enlarged cecum and extremely long colon that helps facilitate digestion.
Females often take leadership roles during foraging and exert their dominance by eating the preferred food or denying the males food until they are satisfied. These lemurs are beneficial to the environment because they aid seed dispersion.
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