The woolly lemurs are the smallest indriids with a body size of 30 to 50 cm (12 to 20 in) and a weight of 600 to 1,200 g (21 to 42 oz).

Woolly lemurs can be found in humid and dry forests, spending most of their time in the leafy copse.

Woolly lemurs live together in groups of two to five animals, often consisting of parents and several generations of their offspring.

[6] Like all indriids, the woolly lemurs are strictly herbivorous, eating predominantly leaves but also buds and, rarely, flowers.

[10] In 2006, a taxonomic revision of eastern avahis based on genetic and morphological analyses led to the identification of two additional species: A. meridionalis and A.