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Indri (Indri indri)

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Description: Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.
EDGE :: Mammal Species Information Indri simply means ‘there it is’ in the Malagasy language. The species got its name from local people shouting ‘indri indri!’ when pointing out the animal to European naturalists. The Betsimisaraka tribal name for the species, “babakoto”, means “ancestor of man”. Since it is the largest of the surviving lemurs and the only species to lack a visible tail, the Malagasy people think that it resembles their sacred ancestors. It therefore receives a degree of protection from native fady (taboo) traditions that prohibit its consumption. However, it is still threatened by habitat loss due to logging and slash-and-burn agriculture, which occurs even within protected areas.
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