sifakan.

/sɪˈfakə/

Forms: Also sifac.

Etymology: 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.

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a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 429/1 It [sc. Cercopithecus Memæus Cuv.] is a native of Cochin China and Madagascar, where it is called Sifac.

1901 W. 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.

1920 Brit. Museum Return 88 A Sifaka (Propithecus deckeni).

1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 1 Mar. (Home & Classroom Suppl.) p. ix/2 The monkey-lemurs, or sifakas, are purely arboreal.

1961 Listener 2 Nov. 709/1 A sifaka lemur seen in David Attenborough's ‘Zoo Quest to Madagascar’.

1978 Nature 19 Oct. 587/1 White sifaka and ringtailed lemur populations have remained stable since 1963 in the privately protected 100-hectare reserve at Berenty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sifaka
释义	sifakan. /sɪˈfakə/ Forms: Also sifac. Etymology: 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. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Indriidae > genus Propithecus (sifaka) sifakaa1824 a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 429/1 It [sc. Cercopithecus Memæus Cuv.] is a native of Cochin China and Madagascar, where it is called Sifac. 1901 W. 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. 1920 Brit. Museum Return 88 A Sifaka (Propithecus deckeni). 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 1 Mar. (Home & Classroom Suppl.) p. ix/2 The monkey-lemurs, or sifakas, are purely arboreal. 1961 Listener 2 Nov. 709/1 A sifaka lemur seen in David Attenborough's ‘Zoo Quest to Madagascar’. 1978 Nature 19 Oct. 587/1 White sifaka and ringtailed lemur populations have remained stable since 1963 in the privately protected 100-hectare reserve at Berenty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1824
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