クロシロエリマキキツネザル (Varecia variegata) は、マダガスカル東部の熱帯雨林に生息する霊長類の一種である。名前が示すとおり、その体毛には黒と白のはっきりした斑点があり、体の下部、頭、足、尾は黒、手足、背中、特徴的なフリルは白である。体長 50 cm～ 55 cm で、尾の長さが約 60 cm である。他のキツネザル同様、メスの方がオスより少し体が大きい。
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Varecia variegata
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Animal Facts
Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are important to the ecosystem as pollinators: When feeding on nectar, pollen sticks to their dense ruff and face, which they will then carry on to other plants.
A group of black-and-white ruffed lemurs is called a ‘conspiracy’.
Despite their comparatively small size, black-and-white ruffed lemurs have the second loudest call of all primates.
Black-and-white ruffed lemurs have scent glands on their wrists, which they will rub on trees to mark their territories.
Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are generally found high up in trees, foraging in the upper canopies up to 35m high.