Eastern Avahi
Avahi laniger (Gmelin, 1788)
Status not recordedprimates
The eastern avahi (Avahi laniger) is a species in the family Indriidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 900 g to 1.09 kg.
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Quick facts about the eastern avahi
- Weight
- 900 g – 1.09 kg
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 137 days
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1.01
- Age at maturity
- 2.39 years
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Lifestyle
- Arboreal
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the eastern avahi live?
Not recorded
Is the eastern avahi endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the eastern avahi classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderPrimates
- familyIndriidae
- genusAvahi
- SpeciesAvahi laniger (Gmelin, 1788)
Synonyms Avahis laniger orientalis, Habrocebus lanatus, Indris longicaudatus, Lemur laniger, Lichanotus laniger
Other names and names in other languages (25)
- Eastern woolly lemurEnglish
- Gmelin's woolly lemurEnglish
- Woolly IndrisEnglish
- ليمور صوفي شرقيArabic
- avahi vlnatýCzech
- Östlicher WollmakiGerman
- Ανατολικός Γουνοφόρος ΛεμούριοςGreek
- Indri LanudoSpanish
- villaindriFinnish
- MakiFrench
- Avahi orientaleItalian
- ヒガシアバヒJapanese
- AmpongyMalagasy
- Østlig UllemurNorwegian Bokmål
- Oostelijke AvahiDutch
- awahi wełnistyPolish
- Восточный шерстистый лемурRussian
- Lémur Lanudo OrientalSpanish
- Avahi LaineuxFrench
- Avahi laineux orientalFrench
- Maki À BourreFrench
- Lemure lanoso orientaleItalian
- Licanoto orientaleItalian
- Maki lanoso orientaleItalian
- Oostelijke WolmakiDutch
Relatives of the eastern avahi
Other species in the same genus Avahi.
Western Avahi
Avahi occidentalis
John Cleese's Avahi
Avahi cleesei
Sambirano Avahi
Avahi unicolor
Betsileo woolly lemur
Avahi betsileo
Masoala woolly lemur
Avahi mooreorum
Peyrieras' woolly lemur
Avahi peyrierasi
CompareEastern Avahi vs Western AvahiEastern Avahi vs John Cleese's AvahiEastern Avahi vs Sambirano AvahiEastern Avahi vs Betsileo woolly lemur
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the eastern avahi?
An adult eastern avahi weighs 900 g – 1.09 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long is the eastern avahi pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 137 days.
What kind of animal is the eastern avahi?
The eastern avahi (Avahi laniger) belongs to the family Indriidae in the order Primates.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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