Lemurs

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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Primates • Subordo: Strepsirrhini • Infraordo: Lemuriformes Gray, 1821

Lemuriformes (Malagasy Lemurs) and Chiromyiformes (Aye-ayes) are endemic to Madagascar, an island off the Southeastern coast of Africa.

[edit] Cheirogaleidae: Dwarf Lemurs

Microcebus: Mouse Lemurs

Pygmy Mouse Lemur (Microcebus myoxinus)

Phaner: Fork-crowned Lemurs

Masoala Fork-crowned Lemur (Phaner furcifer)

[edit] Lemuridae: (True) Lemurs

Lemur: Ring-tailed Lemurs

Français : Maki a Queue Annelée

			Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
L. catta with twins

Eulemur: Brown Lemurs

Crowned Lemur (Eulemur coronatus)	White-headed Lemur (Eulemur fulvus albifrons)	Black Lemur (Eulemur macaco)	Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
Black Lemurs: female (top) & male	Red-collard Lemurs: female (top) & male	Crowned Lemurs

Hapalemur: Bamboo Lemurs

Golden Bamboo Lemur
(Hapalemur aureus)

Varecia: Ruffed Lemurs


Red Ruffed Lemur			Red Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia rubra)
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemurs (V. variegata)	Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (V. variegata)	Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (V. variegata)	Ruffed Lemurs: Red (top) & Black-and white
V. variegata rubra

[edit] Lepilemuridae: Sportive Lemurs

Lepilemur: Sportive Lemurs

Red-tailed Sportive
(L. ruficaudatus)

[edit] Indridae: Woolly Lemurs

Indri: Indris

Indri (Indri indri)	Indri (Indri indri)	*Indri indri*	Indri
Indri (Indri Indri)	Indri (Indri Indri)

Avahi: Avahis

Avahi (Avahi laniger)

Woolly Lemur

Propithecus: Sifakas

Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)	Daidemed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema)	Silky Sifaka (Propithecus d. candidus)	Van der Decken's Sifaka (P. dackenii coronatus)
Milne-Edwards's Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi)	Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)	Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus v. coquereli)