sifaka
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sifaka (plural sifakas)
- A medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, 2013 edition, Granta Books, page 258:
- Sifakas can jump about ten metres (thirty-three feet) – a little further than the human long-jump world record – which is not bad given that they are less than two foot high.
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