Red Footed Lemur

The red lemur, also known as the rufous brown lemur or northern red-fronted lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, the species ''E. rufus'' was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, ''E. fulvus'', after which it was classified as its own species. In December 2008, the species was split into two separate species, the red lemur, ''E. rufus'', distributed in dry lowland forests in northwestern Madagascar, and the red-fronted lemur, ''E. rufifrons'', distributed in southwest.. more