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Black Lemur Being sexually dimorphic, it is only the male that is black. The female is a chestnut colour with white ear tufts. Black Lemur,Eulemur macaco,Fall,Geotagged,South Africa,lemurs,madagascar,prosimians Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Black Lemur

Being sexually dimorphic, it is only the male that is black. The female is a chestnut colour with white ear tufts.

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The Black Lemur 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.

Sclater's Lemur ''E. flavifrons'' has blue eyes, the only primate other than humans which has blue eyes, while ''E... more

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Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Oct 19, 2012. Captured Jun 16, 2011 13:42 in Unnamed Road, South Africa.
  • Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
  • f/4.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO800
  • 70mm