In popular culture, the title character in the children's TV show Zoboomafoo is a Coquerel's sifaka.

The dorsal pelage and tail of Coquerel's sifaka are white, and it has maroon patches on the chest and portions of the limbs.

[4][5] The bottom of the lemur's hands and feet are black, while the thighs, arms, and chest are chocolate brown.

Extensive surveys of the species' distribution conducted in 2009, 2010, and 2011 led to the confirmation of its presence in most forest fragments between these rivers.

Similarly, the southern part of the inter-river system between the Bemarivo and Betsiboka Rivers, where little is known about the presence of the species, requires surveys.

In the wet season, it eats immature leaves, flowers, fruit, bark, and dead wood.

[11] Since it has a very fibrous diet, Coquerel's sifaka has an enlarged cecum and extremely long colon that helps facilitate digestion.

The male then exhibits submissive behavior by rolling his tail between his legs, chattering softly, and baring his teeth in a grimace before quickly leaping out of her way.

[6] In some other animals, polyandrous mating is thought to raise the chances of successful fertilization, but this does not appear to be the case in Coquerel's sifaka.

[17] It has the extraordinary ability to leap to spiny trees and precisely place its hands and feet so that it will not hurt itself.

Like Verreaux's sifaka, it moves in a series of bipedal hops with its arms thrown out to the sides for balance.

[10] A study at Duke University's Primate Center examined feeding behaviors of captive sifakas to determine their handedness.

Coquerel's sifakas gain dexterity and hand preference with age, diverging only slightly by gender.

The "shih-fak" call is used to warn fellow group members of a potential ground predator or to threaten enemies and intruders.

If a sifaka is separated from its group members, it may emit a long, loud wail to find them.

[11] One visual signal which Coquerel's sifaka uses to communicate is a rapid backward jerking of the head.

[22] Coquerel's sifakas, like many lemurs, have been studied to help scientists learn about the evolutionary history of primates, including humans.

They have been the subject of those researching evolution of color vision, paternal care, matriarchal primate societies, and causes of speciation.

[12] Coquerel's sifaka is found in only two protected areas in Madagascar, the Ankarafantsika National Park and the Bora Special Reserve.

The local people often clear trees to produce new farming land, especially in the marshes where rice can be grown.

Projects for Animal Welfare encourages the neutering and spaying of the cats and dogs on the island to protect the native wildlife.

Though killing the lemurs was taboo,[12] Coquerel's sifaka see humans now as a threat and may give out an alarm call to warn the others.

[24] The titular lemur on the PBS Kids television program Zoboomafoo is portrayed by a Coquerel's sifaka[12] named Jovian.

Jovian lived at the Duke Lemur Center, where the show was originally filmed until he died from kidney failure at the age of 20 on November 10, 2014.

[25] His son Charlemagne, known as "Charlie", lives at the center, with his family group of other Coquerel's sifakas.