LEMURS: Brown Lemurs
BROWN LEMURS
BROWN LEMURS
Genus: Eulemur
Eulemur macaco
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Like all lemur species, the black lemur is found nowhere else in the world but on the island of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa. Formed when it separated from the African and Indian continents millions of years ago, Madagascar is the world’s fourth-largest island, a biodiversity hotspot, and the exclusive home…
Eulemur macaco
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Blue-eyed black lemurs are found in the northwestern region of Madagascar. They have one of the smallest geographical ranges, limited to the southern part of the Sambirano region. This area is known for having habitats with rainforest and dry deciduous forest-type trees. So these lemurs have adapted to different types of…
Eulemur collaris
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The collared brown lemur, also called the red-collared lemur, is native to the humid forests of the high plateaus in southeastern Madagascar. Their range is bound by the Mananara River to the north, which separates it from the range of the gray-headed lemur (E. cinereiceps), except for a few isolated populations that overlap…
Eulemur fulvus
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
Like all lemurs, brown lemurs are endemic to Madagascar, an island located approximately 250 miles (400 km) off the coast of East Africa, and one of the richest biodiversity hotspots in the world. Common brown lemurs can be found in several areas on the island. In the west, populations inhabit tropical and…
Eulemur coronatus
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The crowned lemur is endemic to Madagascar. They are found nowhere else in the world. In fact, all lemurs are endemic to Madagascar—you will never find one living naturally anywhere else. Crowned lemurs live on the northernmost tip of Madagascar, called Cap d’Ambre, and occur as far south as the Mahavavy River….
Eulemur mongoz
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
The mongoose lemur is native to northwestern Madagascar in the regions of Ambato-Boéni and Ankarafantsika, where they inhabit dry deciduous forests. They will sometimes wander into mangroves as well. Their northern limit reaches near Analalava on the Bay of Narindra and extends southwest of the Betsiboka River…
Eulemur rufus
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The red brown lemur resides in northern Madagascar and has been seen from the Betsiboka River to the Tsiribihina River. Because of the rapid habitat loss that Madagascar—and all the lemurs living there—is facing, they occur in patch-work distribution. They occur in the still-existing forests from the Betsiboka to…
Eulemur rubriventer
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
Red-bellied lemurs, like all other lemurs, live exclusively in the island country of Madagascar. This tropical island, located off the east coast of Africa, is among the oldest isolated landmasses on Earth. A part of the supercontinent Gondwana, it was once sandwiched between Africa and the Indian subcontinent. But it broke away…
Eulemur rufifrons
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The red-fronted brown lemur, sometimes called simply the red-fronted lemur, is found in dry, tropical forests in western Madagascar and moist lowland and montane forest in eastern Madagascar. In western Madagascar, it is found between the Tsiribihina River in the north and the Fiherenana River in the south…
Eulemur sanfordi
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The Sanford’s brown lemur, also known as Sanford’s lemur, is one of many terrestrial lemur species endemic to the island country of Madagascar, located about 250 miles (402 kilometers) east of Africa’s southern tip. Endemism, the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, is reflected…
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Eulemur cinereiceps
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The white-collared lemur, also called the white-collared brown lemur or the gray-headed lemur, is endemic to a thin strip of tropical lowland and montane forest in southeastern Madagascar, from the Manampatrana River south to the Mananara River. They have one of the most restricted ranges of all the true lemurs, and only about 270 square mi (700 square km) of habitat remains. Madagascar’s forest is…
Eulemur albifrons
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
The white-fronted lemur, whose aliases include white-fronted brown lemur, white-headed lemur, and white-headed brown lemur, is native to the large island country of Madagascar—the only place in the world where these primates exist in the wild. Located in the Indian Ocean approximately 250 mi (400 km) off the coast of East…