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Red-Fronted Brown in Isalo

The browns are the ringleaders when it comes to raiding the campsite and stealing fruit.

Red-Fronted Brown in Isalo
Lemurs, 22 Jun 2015
    • Lemurs
      The browns are the ringleaders when it comes to raiding the campsite and stealing fruit.
    • TeaLovingDave
      Worth noting that as this photograph was taken in Isalo National Park, this individual is a true Red-Fronted Lemur (Eulemur rufifrons) rather than the very similar Rufous Lemur (Eulemur rufus), which is only found in the north-east of Madagascar.

      This taxon comprises the majority of "red-fronted" found in European collections, with relatively few individuals belonging to E. rufus being held in captivity. However, few if any hybrids between the two taxa are known in captivity - although they look very alike, they are not especially closely related; rufifrons is the sister taxon to fulvus, albifrons and sanfordi, whilst rufus is close kin to collaris and cinereiceps.
    • lintworm
      Northwest of Madagascar TLD not northeast for E rufus :p
    • TeaLovingDave
      Yeah, that's what I meant :p the error is especially egregious considering I had the range-map from Mittermeier et al (2010) in front of me when I typed that!
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