White-fronted brown lemur  (Eulemur albifrons)

Facts

Previously known as:Eulemur fulvus albifrons
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primates
Family Lemuridae
Genus Eulemur (1)
Size Head-body length: 39 – 42 cm (2)
Tail length: 50 – 54 cm (2)
Weight 2.0 – 2.6 kg (2)

Status

Classified as Lower Risk/near threatened (LR/nt) on the IUCN Red List 2004 (1), although classified here as a subspecies (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) of the brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus), which is also listed under Appendix I of CITES (3). Recent scientific thought is that the white-fronted brown lemur should be elevated to species status, as Eulmur albifrons (4).