A lemur of western Madagascar that moves through trees and feeds on leaves and fruit.
In the typical color form, the head is black, the ear tufts white, the chest and belly russet, and the rest of the body creamy white. Darker individuals occur at the southern edge of its range.
It is active by day and spends much of its time in trees. On the ground it moves in sideways leaps and eats leaves, fruit, and flowers according to the season.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.