Mesopropithecus (SciiFii)

Gold sloth lemurs (Mesopropithecus) are a genus of small to medium-sized lemurs, or strepsirrhine primates, from Madagascar that includes three species, the common gold sloth lemur (Mesopropithecus dolichobrachion), the lesser gold sloth lemur (Mesopropithecus globiceps), and the greater gold sloth lemur (Mesopropithecus pithecoides). Together with Palaeopropithecus, Archaeoindris, and Babakotia, it is part of the sloth lemur family (Palaeopropithecidae). The three species of gold sloth lemurs were once extinct since the Early Holocene, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced back to Madagascar to help boost biodiversity. As gold sloth lemurs have the shortest forelimbs of all sloth lemurs, they are more quadrupedal and do not use suspension as much as the other sloth lemurs. All three species feed primarily on leaves, fruits, and seeds, but the proportions are different.  The greater gold sloth lemur is primarily a leaf-eater (folivores), but can also feed on fruit and occasionally seeds. The lesser gold sloth lemur usually feeds on a mix of fruits and leaves, as well as a larger quantity of seeds than the greater gold sloth lemur. The common gold sloth lemur also consumes a mixed diet of fruits and leaves, but it is more of a seed predator than the other two species. Although rare, the three species are widely distributed across the island yet allopatric to each other, with the common gold sloth lemur in the north, the greater gold sloth lemur in the south and west, and the lesser gold sloth lemur in the center of the island. The common gold sloth lemur is the most distinct of the three species due to its longer arms. All known species of gold sloth lemurs are slightly larger than the largest of the indris. The conservation status of all known species of gold sloth lemurs is Vulnerable due to some habitat loss and historic poaching, however, thanks to the conservationists, all three species of gold sloth lemurs are a protected species.
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