Hapalemur aureus

Animalia, Lemuridae, CR

The golden bamboo lemur was first discovered in 1985, and was described two years later (Meier et al., 1987). With an adult weight of approximately 1.3–1.7 kg, it is the largest member of the genus Hapalemur, since the greater bamboo lemur (formerly H. simus) has now been placed in its own genus, Prolemur (see Groves, 2001). Head-body length is about 34 cm and tail length about 41 cm, for an overall length of 70–80 cm. The dorsal coat is reddish-brown; darker on the shoulders, back, top of the head and tail. The tail also darkens toward the tip. The ventral coat, including the inner limbs, is a paler golden-brown. A pink nose contrasts with the dark muzzle, which is surrounded by a ring of gold-colored hair on the cheeks and around the eyes. The ears are tipped with golden-brown hairs, but are not tufted. \([\dots]\) https://lemursofmadagascar.com

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Current distribution

N. of observation used in the models

  N = 46

  Species distribution area

  SDA = 52 553 km\(^2\)

 

  Model performance

	ROC	OA	TSS
Value	1.00	0.91	0.91

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Climatic niche

Climatic and altitudinal range

 

	temp	prec	tseas	pseas	cwd	foret	alt
Mean	185	1534	2626	85	98	32	1125
2.5%	151	1177	2451	69	21	0	173
97.5%	228	2219	2755	102	211	100	1823

Variable importance

	GLM	GAM	RF	MaxE	ANN	mrank	rank
temp	0.15	0.08	0.17	0.05	0.80	4.20	4
prec	0.09	0.20	0.13	0.00	0.75	5.00	6
tseas	0.62	0.58	0.40	0.51	0.77	2.40	2
pseas	0.36	0.41	0.27	0.44	0.62	3.60	3
cwd	0.97	0.93	0.43	0.92	0.93	1.00	1
foret	0.05	0.02	0.41	0.23	0.23	4.80	5

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Vulnerability to climate change

Full dispersal

  RCP : 85, Year : 2080

 

Zero dispersal

  RCP : 85, Year : 2080

 

Scenarios

	RCP	Year	Disp	Area	Change
1	45	2080	full	15 904	-70
2	45	2080	zero	12 614	-76
3	85	2080	full	683	-99
4	85	2080	zero	676	-99

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