A bamboo-eating lemur, it moves among branches with long hind legs and tail and can be active both by day and at night.
Its hind legs are longer than its front legs, and its long tail helps it balance as it leaps from branch to branch.
The Greater Bamboo Lemur lives in forest patches in Madagascar and relies heavily on bamboo. Researchers sequenced genomes from five animals in its present range and compared genetic differences among locations. In this small sample, the strongest differentiation followed a north-south pattern rather than elevation.
Fossil, museum and modern records were combined to reconstruct a broad historical range and compare it with forest maps. Using the 2005 map, the study estimated current occupancy at 3.87% of the potential historical habitat. The reconstructed range was about 44,260 square kilometres and included records farther north than the species' current known range.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Using the 2005 forest map, the study estimated current occupancy at 3.87% of the potential historical habitat.