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Brown Lemurs
Eulemur
True lemurs, also known as brown lemurs, are the lemurs in genus Eulemur. They are medium-sized primates that live exclusively on Madagascar.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Common Brown Lemur
speciesEulemur fulvus
Red-fronted Brown Lemur
speciesEulemur rufifrons
Black Lemur
speciesEulemur macaco
Red-bellied Lemur
speciesEulemur rubriventer
Crowned Lemur
speciesEulemur coronatus
White-fronted Brown Lemur
speciesEulemur albifrons
Sanford's Brown Lemur
speciesEulemur sanfordi
Mongoose Lemur
speciesEulemur mongoz
Berenty Brown Lemur
hybridEulemur collaris × rufifrons
Collared Brown Lemur
speciesEulemur collaris
Red Brown Lemur
speciesEulemur rufus
Blue-eyed Black Lemur
speciesEulemur flavifrons
White-collared Lemur
speciesEulemur cinereiceps
Eulemur coronatus × macao
hybridEulemur coronatus × macao
White-collared × Red-fronted Brown Lemur
hybridEulemur cinereiceps × rufifrons
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43608.