Lemur albimanus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

(Figs 39-41; 131-133)

Lemur albimanus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812: 160 .

COMMON NAME. — Mongoose Lemur .

CURRENT NAME. — Eulemur mongoz (Linnaeus, 1766) .

See Groves (2005b: 115) and Schwitzer et al. (2013: 138).

COLLECTOR/S. — Two individuals bought by François Péron at Île de France (Mauritius) (Jangoux et al. 2010: 276-277). COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Anjouan, Comoros. COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4248 (Fig. 39), holotype, skull ; and MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4249 (Figs 40; 41), paratype, skull and skin mount (Rode 1939: 436). Two specimens were brought back alive to France on board Le Géographe (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1804c: 171; Girard 1856: 93).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Cat. Anat. Comp. A3009 and CAG I-329.

COMMENTS. — The skull belongs to the type specimen (a male) whose naturalized skin was destroyed due to its poor preservation (inscription on a label under the pedestal). The lemur was alive, one of seven specimens donated by the Dutch Government in Cape Town to François Péron, whose provenance is unknown (Péron 1804a).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80179 (Fig. 131; two living animals) (Baglione & Crémière 2009: 164), Inv. no. 80181 and 80182 (Figs 132; 133; sketch of a live animal).