Red-Fronted Brown Lemur
Overview
The red-fronted lemur is one of six species of brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus, Eulemur rufus, Eulemur sanfordi, Eulemur collaris, Eulemur albifrons) distributed around the perimeter of Madagascar (one subspecies is found on the Comoro Islands). The six species, with the exception of the common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus), generally are quite distinct due to the...
Feeding
In the wild, brown lemurs are generalist feeders, and thus very adaptable. The diet of populations in the west of Madagascar is less diverse and much more folivorous than that of eastern populations and includes a high proportion of leaves, pods, stems, flowers, bark and sap of the kily tree. The diet of eastern populations,...
Reproduction
Red-fronted lemurs like all diurnal prosimian species are seasonal breeders. Breeding season is October through December in North America, with births occurring in March and April after a gestation of 120 through 135 days. Estrous lasts one to two days, and cycles are about 30 days apart. Males show an annual reproductive cycle also, with...
Social Behavior
The results of behavioral studies of red-fronted lemurs demonstrate a very adaptable behavioral ecology. In the west, population density is high, and home ranges are small. In the east, the population density is lower, but home ranges tend to be much larger, sometimes as large as 100ha. Males usually migrate to another group when they...
Habitat/Conservation
Red-fronted brown lemurs (Eulemur rufus) is one of the few species of lemurs with populations on both the east and the west coast of Madagascar (lemurs are not found in the interior of Madagascar). There are some physical differences between the east and the west coast populations of both of these subspecies, but no one...
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