Lemur fulvus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796

(Figs 129; 130)

Lemur fulvus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796: 47 .

COMMON NAME. — Brown Lemur .

CURRENT NAME. — Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796) .

See Groves (2005b: 115) and Schwitzer et al. (2013: 133).

COLLECTOR/S. — Acquired by François Péron at Île de France (Mauritius) (Jangoux et al. 2010: 277).

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — No data.

COLLECTION DATE. — No data.

COMMENT. — Colleted at Madagascar, before 16 December 1803.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data. One specimen of this species, or possibly Eulemur rubriventer (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850: 876), was taken back to France alive on board Le Géographe (Jangoux et al. 2010: 269).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80177 and 80178r (Figs 129; 130; two living animals).

COMMENTS. — The lemur was alive, one of seven specimens which were donated by the Dutch Government in Cape Town to François Péron, from an unknown original source (Péron 1804a). Jangoux et al. (2010: 269) suggest the animal was provided to the voyage at Île de France (Mauritius).