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red ruffed lemur
Sign in to saveAlso known as Varecia rubra, red-ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata rubra
species of mammal
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ruffed lemur
- Image
- Red.ruffed.lemur.ontree.arp.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- Commons category
- Varecia rubra
- taxon name
- Varecia rubra
- Commons gallery
- Varecia rubra
- taxon common name
- rdeči vari
- endemic to
- Madagascar
- longest observed lifespan
- 37.5
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- short name
- V. rubra
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Encyclopedic overview
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. It 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 color 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.
Physical characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “red ruffed lemur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.