Eulemur flavifrons
(J. E. Gray, 1867)
Blue-eyed Black Lemur
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Strepsirrhini |
| Infraorder | : Lemuriformes |
| Superfamily | : Lemuroidea |
| Family | : Lemuridae |
| Genus | : Eulemur |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1867-10. Note on a new species of variety of lemur in the Society's Gardens. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2):596.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534036Original name as described
Prosimia flavifrons
Other common names
Sclater's Black Lemur · Sclater's Lemur
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1867.10.5.19
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c6346dd-e101-403e-b8d7-209f26b8fbd1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9020d632-cf65-439e-a703-2b5369c0f678Type locality
Madagascar.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
split from E. macaco
Taxonomy notes citation
Mittermeier, R.A., Ganzhorn, J.U., Konstant, W.R., Glander, K., Tattersall, I., Groves, C.P., Rylands, A.B., Hapke, A., Ratsimbazafy, J., Mayor, M.I., Louis Jr, E.E., Rumpler, Y., Schwitzer, C. and Rasoloarison, R.M. 2008. Lemur diversity in Madagascar. Int. J. Primatol. 29: 1607-1656.
IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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