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The golden bamboo lemur is crepuscular i.e. is a most active at dawn and dusk. It is about the size of a domestic cat and is 28–45 cm (11–18 in) long plus a tail of 24–40 cm (9.4–15.7 in), and on average weighs 1.6 kg (3.5 lb).
More recently, the common name "bamboo lemur" first appeared in the mid- to late-1980s following the rediscovery of the greater bamboo lemur (Hapalemur simus). However, the name became more generally used a year or two later following the discovery of the golden bamboo lemur ( Hapalemur aureus ) in 1987.
Diet: Bamboo, as well as grass, leaves, fruit, fungi, and soil [148] CR 50–250 [149] Lac Alaotra bamboo lemur. H. alaotrensis Rumpler, 1975: Northeastern Madagascar: Size: About 40 cm (16 in) long, plus tail [150] Habitat: Inland wetlands [151] Diet: Marsh plants [151] CR Unknown [151] Southern lesser bamboo lemur. H. meridionalis
Up to 95% of the greater bamboo lemur's diet consists of bamboo. [58] Many of the larger lemur species consume leaves , [95] particularly the indriids. [65] However, some smaller lemurs such as sportive lemurs (genus Lepilemur) and woolly lemurs (genus Avahi) also primarily eat leaves, making them the smallest primates that do so. [67]
A lemur's diet is one that is not restricted since their diet consists of frugivory, granivory, folivory, insectivory, omnivory, and gumnivory foods. Some Subfossil records have contributed to the knowledge of the currently extant lemurs from the Holocene by showing the changes in their dental records in habitats near human activity.
Births of the greater bamboo lemur in captivity are extremely rare, and the park is the only zoological collection in the UK – and one of two worldwide – to have bred the species this year.
The greater bamboo lemur is the largest bamboo lemur, at over 5 lb (2.3 kg). It has greyish brown fur and white ear tufts, and has a head-body length of around 1.5 ft (46 cm). They have relatively long tails and long back legs for leaping vertically amongst the trees of their forest habitat.
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