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sifaka|sɪˈfækə|
Also sifac.
[Malagasy.]
A small arboreal primate belonging to the genus Propithecus of the family Indriidæ, native to Madagascar and distinguished by whitish silky fur with darker patches on the head and limbs, a hairless black face, and a long tail.
1845Encycl. Metrop. XVI. 429/1 It [sc. Cercopithecus Memæus Cuv.] is a native of Cochin China and Madagascar, where it is called Sifac. 1901W. Rice Animals 37 A smaller indri with a long tail is the sifaka, the native name of a pretty animal which..goes about by day in bands of six or eight. 1930Times Educ. Suppl. 1 Mar. (Home & Classroom Suppl.) p. ix/2 The monkey-lemurs, or sifakas, are purely arboreal. 1961Listener 2 Nov. 709/1 A sifaka lemur seen in David Attenborough's ‘Zoo Quest to Madagascar’. 1978Nature 19 Oct. 587/1 White sifaka and ringtailed lemur populations have remained stable since 1963 in the privately protected 100-hectare reserve at Berenty. |