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Rufous Brown Lemur

Eulemur rufus

Description:

Rufous Brown Lemurs are endemic to Madagascar (as are all lemurs). In fact, approximately 90% of all wildlife species found in Madagascar are endemic, meaning they are found nowhere else on Earth!

Notes:

Rufous Brown Lemurs were considered to be a subspecies of the Common Brown Lemur until 2001. a.k.a. Red Lemur, Northern Red-Fronted Lemur

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4 Comments

LivesInADream
LivesInADream 9 years ago

Yaniv and Sarit Wainer - thanks! Joined!

Adorable! Your spotting is be perfect for the Lemurs of Madagascar mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1040...

LivesInADream
LivesInADream 11 years ago

thank you, injica!

injica
injica 11 years ago

Great :)

LivesInADream
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LivesInADream

Province de Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

Spotted on May 7, 2012
Submitted on Apr 17, 2013

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