Southern red-fronted brown lemur - adult female, Kirindy Reserve, Madagascar
Adult male part of a group of about 8 feeding on nuts and fruits on the forest floor. During this session, they came to us within touch distance, as they are very used to people at Kirindy. One of their learned behaviors is that they expect guest to feed them water using sea shells found on the forest floor.
I'm not a fan of this domestication process (wild animals should not depend on people, possibility of transmitting disease), but it seems irreversible at this point. For what it's worth, this species is naturally playful and curious.
The red-fronted lemur, also known as the red-fronted brown lemur or southern red-fronted brown lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, it was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, ''E. fulvus''. In 2001, ''E. fulvus'' was split into several separate species, including ''Eulemur rufus'', in which this species was included. In 2008, ''E. rufus'' was split into two species, the red lemur and the red-fronted lemur . ''E. rufus'' covers the population on the west coast.. more
