Editing Indri (section)

== Physical characteristics ==
[[File:Description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des mammifères récents et fossiles (Indri indri).jpg|thumb|left|Skeleton]]
Along with the [[diademed sifaka]], the indri is the largest lemur still in existence; both have average weights of about 6.5&nbsp;kg.<ref name="Powzyk2003">{{cite journal|last1= Powzyk|first1=J. A.|last2= Mowry|first2=C. B. |title= Dietary and Feeding Differences Between Sympatric ''Propithecus diadema diadema'' and ''Indri indri''|journal= International Journal of Primatology|volume= 24|issue= 6|year= 2003|pages= 1143–1162|doi= 10.1023/B:IJOP.0000005984.36518.94 }}</ref><ref name="2008MittermeierGroves" /> It can weigh up to {{convert|9.0|kg|lb|frac=4|abbr=on}}<ref name="2008MittermeierGroves">{{Cite journal | last1 = Mittermeier | first1 = R. A. | last2 = Ganzhorn | first2 = J. U. | last3 = Konstant | first3 = W. R. | last4 = Glander | first4 = K. | last5 = Tattersall | first5 = I. | last6 = Groves | first6 = C. P. | last7 = Rylands | first7 = A. B. | last8 = Hapke | first8 = A. | last9 = Ratsimbazafy | first9 = J. | author-link1 = Russell Mittermeier | last10 = Mayor | author-link5 = Ian Tattersall | first10 = M. I. | author-link6 = Colin Groves | last11 = Louis | first11 = E. E. | last12 = Rumpler | first12 = Y. | last13 = Schwitzer | first13 = C. | last14 = Rasoloarison | first14 = R. M. | title = Lemur Diversity in Madagascar | journal = International Journal of Primatology | volume = 29 | issue = 6 | pages = 1607–1656 | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1007/s10764-008-9317-y | hdl = 10161/6237 }}</ref> to {{convert|9.5|kg|lb|frac=4|abbr=on}}<ref name="Mittermeier"/> and perhaps up to {{convert|15|kg|lb|frac=4|abbr=on}}.{{fact|date=February 2025}} It has a head-body length of {{convert|64|-|72|cm|ftin|frac=2|abbr=on}} and can reach nearly {{convert|120|cm|ft|0|abbr=on}} with legs fully extended.<ref name="Mittermeier"/>

The indri is a vertical clinger and leaper and thus holds its body upright when traveling through trees or resting in branches. It has long, muscular legs which it uses to propel itself from trunk to trunk. Its large greenish eyes and black face are framed by round, fuzzy ears. Unlike any other living lemur, the indri has only a rudimentary tail. The silky fur is mostly black with white patches along the limbs, neck, crown, and lower back. Different populations of the species show wide variations in color, with some northern populations consisting of mostly or entirely black individuals. The face is bare with pale black skin, and it is sometimes fringed with white fur.<ref name=Mittermeier/>

Due to these color variations, [[Colin Groves]] listed two subspecies of the indri in 2005: The dark ''Indri indri indri'' from the northern part of its range and the relatively pale ''Indri indri variegatus'' from the southern part.<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|page=120|id=12100081}}</ref><ref name="2008MittermeierGroves"/> Later editions of ''Lemurs of Madagascar'' by [[Russell Mittermeier]] ''et al.'' do not recognize this classification,<ref name=Mittermeier/> and recent [[genetics|genetic]] and [[Morphology (biology)|morphological]] work suggests the variation in the indri is [[Cline (biology)|clinal]].<ref>Zaonarivelo, Andriantompohavana, Engberg, Kelley, Randriamanana, Louis Jr, ''et al.''. (2007). ''[https://www.aeecl.org/lemurnews/lemurnews2007_12.pdf#page=19&zoom=auto,-85,459 Morphometric data for indri (Indri indri) collected from ten forest fragments in eastern Madagascar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921181302/http://www.aeecl.org/lemurnews/lemurnews2007_12.pdf#page=19&zoom=auto,-85,459 |date=21 September 2017 }}'' Lemur News 12: 17–21.</ref>
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Indri Andasibe.JPG|In [[Andasibe-Mantadia National Park]]
Image:INDRI-1.JPG|Juvenile
Image:Indri+bebe.JPG|Adult with juvenile
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