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SIFAKA , apparently the name of certain large Malagasy lemurs nearly allied to the See also:INDRI (q.v.) but distinguished by their See also:long tails, and hence referred to a genus apart—Propithecus, of which three See also:species, with several See also:local races, are recognized. Sifakas are very variable in colouring, but always show a large amount of See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white. They See also:associate in parties and are mainly arboreal, leaping from bough to bough with an agility that suggests flying through the See also:air. When on the ground, to pass from one See also:clump of trees to another, they do not run on all fours, but stand erect,
The Crowned Sifaka (Propithecus diadema coronatus). From
Milne-See also:- EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
- EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
- EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
- EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
- EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
- EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
- EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
- EDWARDS, T
- EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)
Edwards and Grandidier.
and throwing their arms above their heads, progress by a See also:series of See also:short jumps, producing an effect which is described by travellers as exceedingly ludicrous. They are not nocturnal, but most active in the See also:morning and evening, remaining seated or curled up among the branches during the See also:heat of the See also:day. In disposition they are quiet and See also:gentle, and do not show much intelligence; they are also less noisy than the true lemurs, only when alarmed or angered making a See also:noise which has been compared to the clucking of a See also:fowl. Like all their kindred they produce only one offspring at a See also:birth (see See also:PRIMATES). (R.
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