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*Eulemur macaco* is a species of primate belonging to the family Lemuridae. It is classified within the order Primates, class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The species is a member of the genus *Eulemur* and is commonly known as the Black lemur, Black Lemur, Mohrenmaki, or neekerimaki.
This lemur is endemic to Madagascar. It is listed in Appendix I of CITES and holds an Endangered conservation status according to the IUCN Red List assessment from 2020. Biological records for *Eulemur macaco* are held by institutions including MSB, UWBM, MVZ, UCM, and RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE. These records originate from the United States, Madagascar, and captive or unknown localities.
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Species
EndangeredSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPrimates
- FamilyLemuridae
Maximum longevity: 36.2 years (captivity) Observations: A hybrid between a brown and a black lemur lived 39 years (Ronald Nowak 1999). One captive female was still alive after 36.2 years in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 191
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Lemuridae
- Collections
- MSB, UWBM, MVZ, UCM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Madagascar, Unknown, Captive, Locality Unknown
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- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- taxon name
- Eulemur macaco
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- Eulemur macaco
- taxon common name
- scatlerjev črni maki
- endemic to
- Madagascar
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
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Encyclopedic overview
The black lemur (Eulemur macaco) is a species of lemur from the family Lemuridae. Like all lemurs, it is endemic to Madagascar. Originally, the species was thought to have two subspecies, Eulemur macaco macaco and Eulemur macaco flavifrons, both of which were elevated to species status by Mittermeier et al. in 2008 to Eulemur macaco and Eulemur flavifrons respectively. The most startling difference between the two species is the eye colour; Eulemur flavifrons, the blue-eyed black lemur, has blue eyes, while Eulemur macaco, the black lemur, has brown or orange eyes, and also has ear tufts.
Both species live in northwest Madagascar. The black lemur occurs in moist forests in the Sambirano region of Madagascar and on nearby islands. The blue-eyed black lemur is restricted to the Sahamalaza Peninsula and adjacent forests. There are reports of the two species hybridizing where their ranges overlap in Manongarivo Special Reserve.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eulemur macaco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.