Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy, 1796)

Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 243-277 : 244

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scientific name	Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy, 1796)
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Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy, 1796) View in CoL . Mag. Encyclop., 1:47.

TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar .

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal Madagascar, except extreme south; Mayotte (Comoro Isis).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Rare as E. f. albifrons , E. f. fulvus and E. f. rufus, Vulnerable as E. f. albocollaris , E. f. collaris , E. f. mayottensis and E. f. sanfordi .

SYNONYMS: albifrons , albocollaris , bruneus , cinereiceps , collaris , frederici , macromangoz, mayottensis , melanocephala , rufifrons , rufus , sanfordi , xanthomystax .

COMMENTS: Sympatric with macaco ; see Tattersall (1976). Includes rufus , albifrons , collaris , and sanfordi ; see Petter and Petter (1977:6) and Groves (1978a, 1989:87-92); some of these nominal forms may prove to be distinct species.