Sanford's brown lemur | |
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Male | |
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Female both in Ankarana Reserve | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
Family: | Lemuridae |
Genus: | Eulemur |
Species: | E. sanfordi
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Binomial name | |
Eulemur sanfordi | |
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Distribution of E. sanfordi[1] |
Sanford's brown lemur (Eulemur sanfordi), or Sanford's lemur,[3] is a species of strepsirrhine primate in the family Lemuridae. Sanford's brown lemur was previously considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) but was raised to full species in 2001.[1] It is named after Leonard Cutler Sanford, a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History.[4]