Lemur varius = red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) & black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) Ruffed lemur (Lemur varius) profiles: red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) on top, black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) on bottom.
Date 1890
Source Histoire naturelle des mammifères, Tome V, Atlas II, Plate 129 in series: Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, Vol X, 2e partie, by Alfred Grandidier (PDF, citation)
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruffed_Lemur_AGrandidier_0831.jpg
The ruffed lemurs of the genus Varecia are strepsirrhine primates and are the largest extant lemurs within the family Lemuridae. Like all living lemurs, they are found only on the island of Madagascar. Formerly considered to be a monotypic genus, two species are now recognized: the black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata), with its three subspecies, and the red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra).
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lemuridae
Genus: Varecia
Type species: Lemur varius É. Geoffroy ( = Lemur macaco variegatus Kerr, 1792)
Species
- Varecia variegata (black-and-white ruffed lemur)
- Varecia rubra (red ruffed lemur)
