red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)

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Subject:	red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
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Français : Primates. Maki rouge. Lemur rubec
English: *Subject: Lemurs
Date 1849
Author Charles d'Orbigny (1806–1876)
Source/Photographer Français : D'Orbigny, M. Charles (1849) Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Atlas., Paris: MM. Renard, Martinet et Cie.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_46847_Primates_Maki_rouge_Lemur_rubec.jpeg

The red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) is one of two species in the genus Varecia, the ruffed lemurs. Varecia rubra is the largest members of the family Lemuridae.Females are slightly larger than males. Like all lemurs, it is native to Madagascar. It occurs only in the rainforests of Masoala, in the northeast of the island.

Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lemuridae
Genus: Varecia
Species: Varecia rubra (É. Geoffroy, 1812)
Synonyms
- Prosimia erythromela Lesson, 1840

Primates
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