Eulemur rufus

(J. B. Audebert, 1799)

Rufous Brown 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Audebert, J.B. 1799. Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis. Desray, Paris, 44 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948902

Original name as described

Lemur rufus

Other common names

Northern Red-fronted Brown Lemur · Red Brown Lemur · Red-fronted Lemur

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4247 (= MNHN ? 73) (= MNHN Gallery 74)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4247

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

previously included E. rufifrons

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001001

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lemur rufus

(J. B. Audebert, 1799)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4247 (= MNHN ? 73) (= MNHN Gallery 74)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4247

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948902

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Prosimia rufa

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

rufa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Eulemur rufus

Groves, 2005

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8209/115562696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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