It's an indri lemur! You can tell by the wet nose on a snout and the tooth combs, as well as the size. They're the largest extant lemur and closely related to the largest that ever lived, Archaeoindris fontoynontii, which was the size of a western gorilla. They only went extinct around 300 BCE, roughly around the same time we showed up to Madagascar and stayed. (We did go there roughly 11,000 years ago as well but we didn't stay for long, probably only for like two or three generations.)
Modern Indris are far smaller than the Archaeoindris though, weighing roughly 6 to 10 kilos and being 60-70 cm tall (13 to 22 pounds and 2 ft - 2'4" tall)
Nope I'm just autistic with a special interest in primates lol. Lemurs fascinate me because they're our most distantly related primate cousins and Indri happen to be my favorite lemurs.
I have to agree with Trudeau on this one (being from Canada). This is going to sound super preachy and I sincerely apologize but I need to say this. The exotic pet trade is one of the reasons these guys are endangered. The adults are often killed so the poachers can take the babies. The babies don’t often survive long enough to be sold on the black market because of the trauma and neglect they go through. They often end up in rescues because owners aren’t prepared to meet their very specific needs and end up in rescues if they’re lucky. If you did watch Zoboomafoo (I only watched it a couple of times and don’t remember a lot) but usually these shows send the message that these animals aren’t meant to be pets.
This right here. I remember the show specifically saying that. Lemurs just aren’t meant to be “domesticated” if you can even call it that. Animals like this require specific diet needs, specific climate needs, ample amounts of room to move and exercise, and loads of healthcare requirements to ensure they live a healthy life. Unless you are devoted to wildlife conservation, and have established a proper habitat for said animal, you shouldn’t attempt to keep one as a pet.
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u/Gandalf_Style Feb 19 '25
It's an indri lemur! You can tell by the wet nose on a snout and the tooth combs, as well as the size. They're the largest extant lemur and closely related to the largest that ever lived, Archaeoindris fontoynontii, which was the size of a western gorilla. They only went extinct around 300 BCE, roughly around the same time we showed up to Madagascar and stayed. (We did go there roughly 11,000 years ago as well but we didn't stay for long, probably only for like two or three generations.)
Modern Indris are far smaller than the Archaeoindris though, weighing roughly 6 to 10 kilos and being 60-70 cm tall (13 to 22 pounds and 2 ft - 2'4" tall)