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--> SUPERFAMILY Lemuroidea
--> FAMILY Lemuridae
--> GENUS Varecia
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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
erythromela (Lesson, 1840)
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