Crowned Lemur
Portrait of a male crowned lemur. Click image for larger version.
Crowned lemurs are the most noticeably sexually dichromatic lemur species, with the exception of the blue-eyed lemur. The females are predominantly gray with an orange crown, while the males are a much darker reddish brown with a black and orange crown. Until recently, crowned lemurs were thought to be a sub-species of the mongoose lemur.
The crowned lemur is a mostly diurnal lemur with a very limited range in the northern tip of Madagascar. This lemur weighs, on average, about 1700 grams 1.7 kg. (3.4 lbs.), making it the smallest member of the Eulemur genus. Crowned lemurs are sympatric throughout most of their range with Sanford's lemur (Eulemur fulvus sanfordi).
Vocalizations
Listen to recordings of the vocalizations of a crowned lemur. All sounds are in wav format.
- Long Grunt (12k)
- Call (12k)