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The crowned sifaka was formerly believed to be a subspecies of either Verreaux's sifaka (cite lemur news) or Von der Decken's sifaka, but is now considered a valid species following a 2007 analysis of the cranium. It is currently debated whether melanistic individuals observed in the southern part of its range, in areas neighboring Verreaux's sifaka and Von der Decken's sifaka s range, are the results of hybridation of Crowned sifaka with individuals of these two species or not. However, two melanistics forms have been docuemnted so far: an intermediate and a dark one.