Sanford's Brown Lemur
Eulemur sanfordi
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 62
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
Sanford's brown lemur (Eulemur sanfordi), or Sanford's lemur, is a species of strepsirrhine primate in the family Lemuridae. Sanford's brown lemur was previously considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) but was raised to full species in 2001. It is named after Leonard Cutler Sanford, a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sanford's brown lemur”.