Lemur ruber
Date between 1818 and 1842
Artist Jacques Christophe Werner (1798–1856); Charles Philibert de Lasteyrie (1759–1849)
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, Histoire naturelle des mammifères.
Old Latin name Lemur ruber
New Latin name Varecia rubra
Common name Nederlands: Rode vari
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lemur_ruber_-_1818-1842_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ19700005.tif

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