[4] Being a primate, it has strong hands with palms like a human, which have a rubbery texture to give it a firm grip on branches.

Like many of the species in the genus Eulemur, the blue-eyed black lemur is sexually dichromatic.

The eyes can range in color from a shocking electric blue, a light sky-blue, or a softer gray-blue.

[1] The blue-eyed black lemur communicates with scent-marking, vocalizations, and perhaps some facial expressions.

During the dry season when food is scarce it may eat leaves, seeds and berries and rarely insects.

[6] The blue-eyed black lemur helps propagate many rain forest plants.

[6] The blue-eyed black lemur inhabits primary and secondary sub-tropical moist and dry forests in the northwestern tip of Madagascar.

The blue-eyed black lemur is listed on Appendix I of CITES, and is critically endangered.

[1] As few as 1,000 individuals are thought to remain in the wild, largely due to slash and burn habitat destruction, as well as a mild threat from hunting problems.