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Collared brown lemur
The six species of brown lemur present the ultimate challenge, but fortunately their
ranges do not overlap, so locality helps identification. In most cases males are more
distinctivelymarkedandlookquitedifferentfromfemaleswhichtendtobeuniformly
brown. Two neighbouring male brown lemurs have beautiful cream or white ear-tufts
and side whiskers: Sanford's brown lemur (E.
sanfordi
) is found in far northern re-
serves, while the white-fronted brown lemur (E.
albifrons
) occurs in the northeast
and males have bushy white heads and Santa-Claus-like side whiskers. Further south
you will find common brown lemur (E.
fulvus
) in both the east (eg: Andasibe-Manta-
dia National Park) and also the northwest (eg: Ankarafantsika). Red-fronted brown
lemurs (E.
rufus
) live in the southeast and southwest. The males of the two variations
of collared brown lemur (
E. collaris
and E.
cinereiceps
) unsurprisingly have distinct-
ive tufty fur collars and both occur in far southeastern areas, but the grey-headed
brown lemur (E.
cinereiceps
) has an extremely restricted range and is very rare.