Other Brown Lemurs
White Fronted Lemur
Another sexually dichromatic subspecies, the white-fronted brown lemur ranges throughout the rainforest remnants of northeastern Madagascar. This lemur occurs as far north as the Bemarivo River near Sambava, and as far south as the Betampona Nature reserve near the port of Tamatave. They may range as far west as Tsaratanana. Unlike other Eulemur species, none...
Sanford’s Lemur
The most striking feature of this subspecies is the stunning cheek ruff of the male, which may range in color from cream to red to off white. Females are, in general, a much drabber brown with a grayish face. In fact, the females of the Sanford’s lemur are difficult to distinguish from the females of...
Red Fronted Lemur
Eulemur fulvus rufui (Red-fronted lemur) Malagasy Names: Varika, Varikamavo (east) The red-fronted lemur inhabits a long stretch of western Madagascar’s dry forest, as well as a much smaller portion of southeast Madagascar rain forest. This subspecies is sexually dichromatic and the sexes are easily distinguished from each other. In the west, the red-fronted lemur is...
Brown Lemur
This is the only one of the six brown lemur subspecies in which males and females do not show different coloration. There are two main populations of this lemur, one in eastern Madagascar, the other in the northwest. In the east it occurs to the north of the Mangoro River and in the west, it...
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