Западный шерстистый лемур (Avahi occidentalis)

Species of lemur
Speciesbox
| name = Western woolly lemur
| taxon = Avahi occidentalis
| authority = Lorenz von Liburnau, 1898
| image = Avahi occidentalis. jpg
| status = VU
| status system = IUCN3.1
| status ref =
| status2 = CITES A1
| status2 system = CITES
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| range map = Avahi occidentalis range map. svg
| range map caption = Distribution of A. occidentalis The food is typically consumed within the time frame of two hours before dawn and two hours after dusk, in which the lemurs consume their food at the tops of trees ranging between 2 and 9 metres. During feeding time, lemurs typically settle on thinner branches unless the tree itself is too small to support the animal's weight. Most likely due to the lemur's folivorous diet, Western woolly lemurs spend large amounts of time resting in order to conserve energy.

Because the Avahi as a species is highly selective in their folivorous diet, depending on plants with specific characteristics, it is hard to keep Avahi in captivity. Therefore, one of the primary and most general ways of conserving the species is to conserve the forests in which Avahi are currently found.

The species is located northeast of Bombetoka Bay, in northwestern Madagascar. Its facial fur is white, white grey, or cream, and forms an outline that contrasts with its surrounding facial features. There is a small darker spot of fur above the nose within the facial outline, and the light facial hair extends below the ears. The eyes have a yellow brown tint and are surrounded by a circle of black, hairless skin. The nose is black and hairless, and the hair surrounding the nose has a white tint. Its head and body is a brown grey or yellowish brown color, and the fur is lightly curled and may appear freckled (some may have a darker color along the back). The tail is pale gray or has tints of greyish beige, but can also have tints of red, and occasionally, some will have a white tip. On the chest, belly, and inner parts of the body, the fur is fairly thin, light beige, cream, or of an apricot color.