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SPECIES Varecia rubra

Author:É. Geoffroy, 1812.
Citation:Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 19: 159.
Common Name:Red Ruffed Lemur
Type Locality:Madagascar.
Distribution:Madagascar: Masoala Peninsula.
Status:CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered.
Comments:Recognized as a full species by Groves (2001c).
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Synonyms:

    erythromela (Lesson, 1840)

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