Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy, 1796) . Mag. Encyclop., 1:47.

TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar .

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal Madagascar, except extreme south; Mayotte (Comoro Isis).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Rare as E. f. albifrons, E. f. fulvus and E. f. rufus, Vulnerable as E. f. albocollaris, E. f. collaris, E. f. mayottensis and E. f. sanfordi .

SYNONYMS: albifrons, albocollaris, bruneus, cinereiceps, collaris, frederici, macromangoz, mayottensis, melanocephala, rufifrons, rufus, sanfordi, xanthomystax .

COMMENTS: Sympatric with macaco; see Tattersall (1976). Includes rufus, albifrons, collaris, and sanfordi; see Petter and Petter (1977:6) and Groves (1978a, 1989:87-92); some of these nominal forms may prove to be distinct species.