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title: "Pale Fork-marked Lemur"
description: "Phaner pallescens — Ssaki. The pale fork-marked lemur (Phaner pallescens), or western fork-marked lemur, is a species of lemur known from western Madagascar; south of the Fiherenana River to the region of Soalala."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/pale-fork-marked-lemur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pale Fork-marked Lemur

> Phaner pallescens — Ssaki. The pale fork-marked lemur (Phaner pallescens), or western fork-marked lemur, is a species of lemur known from western Madagascar; south of the Fiherenana River to the region of Soalala.

- Scientific name: *Phaner pallescens*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 81
- Wikidata: [Q737953](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737953)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74863](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74863)

## Names

- en: Pale Fork-marked Lemur
- de: Westlicher Gabelstreifenmaki
- es: Lémur pálido de orejas ahorquilladas
- fr: Lémurien à fourche occidental

## Countries with the most observations

MG (72)

## Summary

The pale fork-marked lemur (Phaner pallescens), or western fork-marked lemur, is a species of lemur known from western Madagascar; south of the Fiherenana River to the region of Soalala. It is said to be the smallest fork-marked species. It is listed on CITES Appendix I as Endangered. They are about 9–11 in (230–280 mm) long from head to rump and their tail adds another 11–15 in (280–380 mm). Pale fork-marked lemur's weigh around 11–18 oz (310–510 g)
Pale fork-marked lemurs live up to around 12 years in captivity. Their chances of surviving to that age is suspected to decrease when in the wild.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_fork-marked_lemur

## Photo

![Pale Fork-marked Lemur](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pale-fork-marked-lemur/medium.jpg)

Photo: n_armstrong · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137601667

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pale-fork-marked-lemur?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).