I believe that when many people think of animals that eat bamboo, the first reaction of many people will think of pandas. Today, I will introduce to you an animal that also eats bamboo. It is the Golden Bamboo Lemur.

The golden bamboo lemur is a rare primate in the world that lives on bamboo. They like to eat the tender leaves and shoots of bamboo when they are young. When they are adults, they especially like giant bamboos that grow in their habitats. Although occasionally Also eats fruits and other plants, but 78% of the recipes are giant bamboos, so they mostly live in large groups in giant bamboo forests.

Let's take a brief look at the Golden Bamboo Taming Lemurs.

I. Basic information

【Chinese name】Golden bamboo taming lemur

【Latin name】Hapalemur aureus

【Alias】Golden Bamboo Lemur

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Domain】Chordate

【Subphylum】Vertebrate Subphylum

[Class] Mammalia

[Subclass] Subclass of True Animals

[Order] Primates

[Suborder] Protomonkey Suborder Lemurs

【Family】Lemuridae

【Genus】Lemurs

【Species】Lemurs with Golden Bamboo

2. Morphological characteristics

1. Body size: The golden bamboo tamed lemur is a small lemur with a head and tail length of 52-85 cm and a weight of 1 -1.5kg, only the size of a kitten.

2. Characteristics: The fur of the back of the golden bamboo tamed lemur is light orange, with gray to brown needle hairs, and the underparts are yellow. The cheeks are black, with a short muzzle, golden eyebrows, cheeks and throat, and short, furry ears.

III. Living habits

1. Habitat: The golden bamboo fox mainly inhabits the humid tropical rainforest and bamboo forest in Madagascar.

2. Diet: Eating young shoots, climbing plants and local giant bamboo. The staple food is bamboo shoots and bamboo leaves. Its food composition is 78% giant bamboo, 10% other bamboos, 3% leaves, 4% fruits and 5% other foods. It is one of the few animals in the world that depends on bamboo.

IV. Protection class

The lemur is listed in the 2012 Red List of Endangered Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1 - Critically Endangered (CR). Listed in the Washington Convention CITES Appendix I level protected animals.

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