Talk:Woolly lemur

Image and description don't match

The text talks about "grey and white fur" while the image looks red-brown... What is true?

According to The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates, both can be true, as the color can vary from greyish brown to reddish. I edited the content accordingly.Rlendog (talk) 15:48, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

taxonomic history

We don't need the entire history. Mammal Species of the World 3rd ed 2005 (MSW3) lists 3 species, and that is the canonical source for mammalian species taxonomy. Only the species not listed there need some explanation. - UtherSRG (talk) 17:14, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

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GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Woolly lemur/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Propitheque (talk · contribs) 17:03, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Vanderwaalforces (talk · contribs) 22:23, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Comments

• Species that live under dense forest cover are associated with having dark forehead and periorbital coloration, and species that live in an ecosystem with high annual rainfall are associated with more complex patterning than those found in relatively dry climates. The cited source at page 4 reports the opposite relationship for facial complexity, that is, lower rainfall is associated with greater complexity. Higher rainfall is associated with darker pigmentation around the eyes, forehead and face margins. Suggest rewriting like so Species living under dense forest cover tend to have darker forehead and periorbital coloration, while those living in areas with lower annual rainfall tend to have more complex facial patterns. Higher rainfall is associated with darker pigmentation around the eyes, on the forehead, and along the face margins.
• Lead currently says Woolly lemurs are the only primates that are simultaneously nocturnal, folivorous, and monogamous. and the body says Woolly lemurs are the only primates that are folivorous, monogamous, and nocturnal. But this is too absolute because Campera et al. 2019 (page 2 of 12) found regular daytime activity in some southern woolly lemur populations. So you want to rewrite that to reflect this source like so Woolly lemurs are typically nocturnal, folivorous, and monogamous, although some populations of the southern woolly lemur are cathemeral. then of course add the citation
• All woolly lemurs are classified as threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with the Sambirano woolly lemur and Bemaraha woolly lemur being critically endangered. The two citations support A. unicolor and A. cleesei, but not the statuses of all nine species. Add a source covering the complete genus, such as the compiled IUCN status table, or cite each species’ IUCN assessment, rewording like so All nine woolly lemur species are classified as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Sambirano woolly lemur (A. unicolor) and Bemaraha woolly lemur (A. cleesei) are critically endangered. of course adding that citation.
• They revisited Avahi in 2005, when they described the southernmost population as the Bemaraha woolly lemur, with the "type specimen" being a collection of photographs, video evidence, morphometric data, and hair samples obtained from wild individuals that were released after examination. But Thalmann and Geissmann described one released type individual, not a collection obtained from multiple individuals. Suggest like so They revisited Avahi in 2005, when they described the southernmost population as the Bemaraha woolly lemur. The description was based on a released type individual from which the authors obtained hair samples, photographs, recorded vocalizations, and morphometric data.
• We have something like which results in a monogamous social structure, as male woolly lemurs cannot desert females after copulation because they would be unfamiliar with food distributions outside of their range. and Other benefits of monogamy ... are only byproducts of resource-knowledge monogamy in Avahi. currently, but Thalmann 2001 uses tentative language such as "may" and "could". It does not establish that males cannot leave females or that predation and infanticide protection are merely by-products. So, I suggest a rewrite somehow like so Woolly lemurs may need familiarity with their small home ranges to exploit food resources from a limited supply of trees, which may help explain their monogamous social structure. Thalmann proposed that pairs repeatedly exploit under-represented resources whose locations must be known and defended, and that females may prefer familiar mates who share this knowledge. He also discussed protection from infanticide and predation avoidance as possible correlates of monogamy.
• The following year, Andriantompohavana et al. performed the first comprehensive genetic study of all then-described woolly lemur species and subspecies. The source describes a mitochondrial-DNA, morphological and phenotypic study and calls it the first phylogenetic analysis of all recognised species. I suggest like so The following year, Andriantompohavana et al. used mitochondrial DNA together with morphological and phenotypic data to conduct the first phylogenetic analysis of all then-recognized woolly lemur species.

Other minor things

• "n = 66" and "n = 70" in the chromosome discussion should be checked and written as diploid numbers, normally "2n = 66" and "2n = 70".
• Change "autosomnal chromosomes" to "autosomal chromosomes".
• Change "and Y chromosome is acrocentric" to "and the Y chromosome is acrocentric".
• Change "disastemic" to "diastematic".
• Change "A. meriodionalis meridionalis" to "A. m. meridionalis".
• Change "A. m. ramanatsoavanai" to "A. m. ramanantsoavanai".
• In the lead, change "troops of two to five individuals" to "groups of two to five individuals", for consistency with the body.
• Reconcile the lead's "30 to 50 cm body size" with the anatomy section's separate head–body and tail measurements, or specify exactly what the lead measurement represents.

Additional spot-checks

• Citation 12 checks out, it lists the nine species and identifies Avahi as the nocturnal Indriidae genus.
• Peyrieras's and Moore's woolly lemurs is supported by Lei et al. 2008.

Please ping me after addressing these or if you have questions. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 22:23, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the thorough review, @Vanderwaalforces! I have edited the article according to your recommendations. I have implemented your suggested wording, although I wasn't sure if you were referring to the lead or the body in the second bullet point, so I reworded the sentence about the nocturnality, etc. a bit for the lead. Propithèque (talk) 23:30, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

@Propitheque I was referring to both. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 01:45, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

@Propitheque So many of the citations are to very wide page ranges; the natural convention is to cite the page that particular fact is backed by, this happens for so many and should be overhauled. You can make use of {{sfn}} after the first instance of any citation. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 06:08, 6 August 2026 (UTC)