[4] It is a nocturnal animal that moves through the forest using a vertical clinging and leaping technique.

It is threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture practices and charcoal production.

[6] This lemur is coprophagous, consuming and redigesting its feces to further breakdown of the cellulose contained in it.

The Berenty Private Reserve in southern Madagascar has estimated this species to have a density of several hundreds of individuals per square kilometer.

The forests and shrubland of this region are annually burned to create new pasture for agriculture purposes, which is then overgrazed.