It is the main food source for the bamboo lemurs, especially the golden bamboo lemur.

As a result the golden bamboo lemur, which eats bamboo, is very resistant to cyanide poisoning.

The golden bamboo lemur is crepuscular.

The golden bamboo lemur ingests many times the quantity of the taxiphyllin-containing bamboo that would kill a human.

The new species was named Hapalemur aureus, the Golden Bamboo Lemur.

Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)

Over these two days we head out on foot to explore the evergreen primary forest, home to some of Madagascar's rarest Lemurs, the Golden Bamboo Lemur.

The golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus) is a medium sized bamboo lemur endemic to southeastern Madagascar.

The golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus), for instance, eats giant bamboo (Cathariostachys madagascariensis), which contains high levels of cyanide.

Separated from the African mainland, MADAGASCAR is an evolutionary bubble in which exotic plant and animal species like the angonoka tortoise and the golden bamboo lemur have evolved.

A classic example involves resource partitioning between three species of bamboo lemur that live in close proximity in small forested areas: the golden bamboo lemur, the greater bamboo lemur, and the eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus).

Field researchers have found two new species of lemur: one, called the golden bamboo lemur, has beautiful golden eyebrows, orange cheeks and a rich reddish-brown coat; the other has a shock of golden orange on the top of its head and has been named the golden-crowned sifaka.

The new species was named Hapalemur aureus, the Golden Bamboo Lemur.

Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)

The golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus) is a medium sized bamboo lemur endemic to southeastern Madagascar.

The golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus), for instance, eats giant bamboo (Cathariostachys madagascariensis), which contains high levels of cyanide.