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SPECIES Propithecus deckenii

Author:A. Grandidier, 1867.
Citation:Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 19: 84.
Common Name:Van der Decken’s Sifaka
Type Locality:Madagascar, Kanatsy.
Distribution:NC to SW Madagascar.
Status:CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable as P. verreauxi deckenii, Critically Endangered as P. v. coronatus.
Comments:Recognized as a full species by Groves (2001c).
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SUBSPECIES deckenii

SUBSPECIES coronatus

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