Eastern woolly lemur: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the eastern woolly lemur lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Avahi laniger
Group	Lemurs
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Indriidae

Where does the eastern woolly lemur live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the eastern woolly lemur in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Madagascar

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the eastern woolly lemur endangered?

The eastern woolly lemur’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the eastern woolly lemur?

The eastern woolly lemur (Avahi laniger) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Indriidae, genus Avahi. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the eastern woolly lemur

The eastern woolly lemur (Avahi laniger), also known as the eastern avahi or Gmelin's woolly lemur, is a species of woolly lemur native to eastern Madagascar, where it lives in the wet tropical rainforest at low elevations along the eastern coast of the island.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eastern woolly lemur (revision 1381309287), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q307262 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).