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Varecia rubra (Red Ruffed Lemur)

Synonyms: Lemur ruber (homotypic); Prosimia erythromela; Varecia variegata rubra

Wikipedia Abstract

The red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) is one of two species in the genus Varecia, the ruffed lemurs; the other is the black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata). Like all lemurs, it is native to Madagascar and occurs only in the rainforests of Masoala, in the northeast of the island. It is one of the largest primates of Madagascar with a body length of 53 cm, a tail length of 60 cm and a weight of 3.3–3.6 kg. Its soft, thick fur is red and black in colour and sports a buff or cream colored spot at the nape, but a few are known to have a white or pink patch on the back of the limbs or digits and a ring on the base of the tail in a similar color.
View Wikipedia Record: Varecia rubra

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Varecia rubra

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  8.091 lbs (3.67 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  90 grams
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  90 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 9 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 8 months
Gestation [1]  3 months 10 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  36 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  22 inches (55 cm)

Prey / Diet

Dialium unifoliolatum[3]
Ravenala madagascariensis (Traveler's-tree)[3]
Tannodia perrieri[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Forest restoration in Masoala National Park, Madagascar: The contribution of the red- ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) and the livelihoods of subsistence farmers at Ambatoladama, Barbara Therese Martinez, A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (May 2010)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0