Lemur collaris É. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1812

(Fig. 128)

Lemur collaris É. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1812: 161 .

COMMON NAME. — Red-collared Brown Lemur .

CURRENT NAME. — Eulemur collaris (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812) .

See Schwitzer et al. (2013: 136).

COLLECTOR/S. — Donated by Jan Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Cape Colony in South Africa (Péron 1804a).

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Madagascar.

COMMENT. — The species occurs on Madagascar.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80193 (Fig. 128; two animals).

COMMENTS. — The lemur was alive, one of seven specimens donated by the Dutch Government in Cape Town to François Péron, from an unknown original source (Péron 1804a). Possibly, Lesueur studied an additional lemur in Cape Town, as no specimens of this species were brought back.