What is the largest lemur? [3592A]
Along with the Indri, the Diademed Sifaka is the largest of the living lemurs. There used to be many more large species (some as large as a small female gorilla), but they’ve become extinct with exposure to man (way to go, man!). With arms fully extended, the Indri can reach nearly 4 feet in length and can weigh nearly 30 pounds.
The largest known lemur in the United States was a Sifaka named Mac, who lived on a farm outside of Libertyville, Illinois. When he died from heart failure in 2005, Mac weighed an incredible 45 pounds. He’d been trained to play a small cello, but in his last years did little more than slouch in a bean bag chair and eat Cap’n Crunch right out of the box.