Lemurs of Madagascar
From MadaCamp
 Northern sportive lemur in the Ankarana National Park |
| Family | Genus | |
| Cheirogaleidae | Cheirogaleus medius | Dwarf Lemur |
| Cheirogaleus adipicaudatus | Southern Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur | |
| Cheirogaleus medius | Western Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur | |
| Cheirogaleidae | Cheirogaleus major | Dwarf lemur |
| Microcebus bongolavensis | Bongolava mouse lemur | |
| Cheirogaleus crossleyi | Furry-eared dwarf lemur | |
| Cheirogaleus major | Greater dwarf lemur or Geoffroy's dwarf lemur | |
| Cheirogaleus minusculus | Lesser iron-gray dwarf lemur | |
| Cheirogaleus ravus | Greater iron-gray dwarf lemur | |
| Cheirogaleus sibreei | Sibree's dwarf lemur | |
| Cheirogaleidae | Microcebus | Mouse lemur |
| Microcebus arnholdi | Arnhold's mouse lemur or Montagne d'Ambre mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus berthae | Madame Berthe's mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus danfossi | Danfoss' mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus gerpi | Gerp mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus griseorufus | Grey-brown mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus jollyae | Jolly's mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus lehilahytsara | Goodman's mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus mamiratra | Claire's mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus mittermeieri | Mittermeier's mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus murinus | Grey mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus myoxinus | Peters' mouse lemur or Pygmy mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus ravelobensis | Golden-brown mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus rufus | Brown mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus sambiranensis | Sambirano mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus simmonsi | Simmons' mouse lemur | |
| Microcebus tavaratra | Northern rufous mouse lemur | |
| Cheirogaleidae | Mirza | Giant mouse lemur |
| Mirza coquereli | Coquerel's giant mouse lemur or Giant dwarf lemur | |
| Mirza zaza | Northern giant mouse lemur | |
| Cheirogaleidae | Allocebus | |
| Allocebus trichotis | Hairy-eared dwarf lemur | |
| Cheirogaleidae | Phaner | Fork-crowned lemurs |
| Phaner electromontis | Amber Mountain fork-crowned lemur or Mt. d'Ambre fork-crowned lemur | |
| Phaner furcifer | Masoala fork-crowned lemur | |
| Phaner pallescens | Western fork-crowned lemur | |
| Phaner parienti | Pariente's fork-crowned lemur | |
| Daubentoniidae | Daubentonia | |
| Daubentonia madagascariensis | Aye-aye | |
| Indriidae | Indri | Indri |
| Indri Indri | Indri or Indri Indri | |
| Indriidae | Avahi | Woolly lemur |
| Avahi betsileo | Betsileo woolly lemur | |
| Avahi cleesei | Bemaraha woolly lemur | |
| Avahi laniger | Eastern woolly lemur | |
| Avahi meridionalis meridionalis | Southern woolly lemur | |
| Avahi meridionalis ramanantsoavani | Ramanantsoavana's southern woolly lemur | |
| Avahi mooreorum | Moore's woolly lemur | |
| Avahi occidentalis | Western woolly lemur | |
| Avahi peyrierasi | Peyrieras' woolly lemur | |
| Avahi unicolor | Sambirano woolly lemur | |
| Indriidae | Propithecus diadema | Sifaka |
| Propithecus candidus | Silky sifaka | |
| Propithecus diadema | Diademed sifaka | |
| Propithecus edwardsi | Milne-Edwards's sifaka | |
| Propithecus perrieri | Perrier's sifaka | |
| Propithecus tattersalli | Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifaka | |
| Indriidae | Propithecus verreauxi | Sifaka |
| Propithecus coquereli | Coquerel's sifaka | |
| Propithecus coronatus | Crowned sifaka | |
| Propithecus deckenii | Van der Decken's sifaka | |
| Propithecus verreauxi | Verreaux's sifaka | |
| Lemuridae | Lemur | |
| Lemur catta | Ring-tailed lemur | |
| Lemuridae | Eulemur | True lemur or Brown lemur |
| Eulemur albifrons | White-fronted brown lemur | |
| Eulemur albocollaris | White-collared lemur | |
| Eulemur cinereiceps | Grey-headed lemur | |
| Eulemur collaris | Red-collared lemur | |
| Eulemur coronatus | Crowned lemur | |
| Eulemur fulvus | Brown lemur | |
| Eulemur macaco | Black lemur | |
| Eulemur flavifrons | Blue-eyed black lemur | |
| Eulemur mongoz | Mongoose lemur | |
| Eulemur rubriventer | Red-bellied lemur | |
| Eulemur rufus | Red lemur | |
| Eulemur rufifrons | Red-fronted brown lemur | |
| Eulemur sanfordi | Sanford's brown lemur | |
| Lemuridae | Hapalemur | Bamboo lemur or Gentle lemur |
| Hapalemur alaotrensis | Lac Alaotra reed lemur | |
| Hapalemur aureus | Golden bamboo lemur | |
| Hapalemur gilberti | Gilbert's bamboo lemur | |
| Hapalemur griseus | Eastern grey bamboo lemur | |
| Hapalemur meridionalis | Southern grey bamboo lemur | |
| Hapalemur occidentalis | Western grey bamboo lemur | |
| Lemuridae | Prolemur | Greater bamboo lemur |
| Prolemur simus | Greater bamboo lemur | |
| Lemuridae | Varecia | Ruffed lemur |
| Varecia rubra | Red ruffed lemur | |
| Varecia variegata editorum | Southern black-and-white ruffed lemur | |
| Varecia variegata subcinta | White-belted black-and-white ruffed lemur | |
| Varecia variegata variegata | Black-and-white ruffed lemur | |
| Lepilemuridae | Lepilemur | Sportive lemur |
| Lepilemur aeeclis | Aeecl's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur ahmansoni | Ahmanson's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur ankaranensis | Ankarana sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur betsileo | Betsileo sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur dorsalis | Back-striped sportive lemur or Gray-backed sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur edwardsi | Milne-Edwards's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur fleuretae | Fleurete's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur grewcocki | Grewcock's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur hubbardi | Hubbard's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur jamesi | James' sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur leucopus | White-footed sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur manasamody | Manasamody sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur microdon | Small-toothed sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur milanoii | Ring sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur mitsinjonensis | Mitsinjo sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur mittermeieri | Mittermeier's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur mustelinus | Weasel sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur otto | Otto's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur petteri | Petter's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur randrianasoloi | Randrianasoli's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur ruficaudatus | Red-tailed sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur sahamalazensis | Sahamalaza's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur seali | Seal's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur septentrionalis | Northern sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur tymerlachsoni | Hawk's sportive lemur | |
| Lepilemur wrightae | Wright's sportive lemur | |
Additional information
- Meet Madagascar’s New Lemur The New York Times, 9th January 2012
- Spectral Tarsiers are the world's only carnivorous primates - BBC, 7th May 2017
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- Lemurs Are Having a Mysterious 'Baby Boom' in Madagascar. Here's Why That Might Not Be a Good Thing - Smithsonian Magazine
- 07-Nov-2025 13:30
- Multiple bursts of speciation in Madagascar’s endangered lemurs - Nature
- 01-Aug-2025 07:00
- On World Lemur Day: Reflecting on progress and the path ahead for SOS Lemurs - IUCN
- 31-Oct-2025 07:00
- New lemur species still arising after 53.2 million years of evolution, research suggests - Oregon State University
- 03-Sep-2025 07:00
- Most animals on this island nation are found nowhere else on Earth. And now they’re vanishing. - vox.com
- 21-Oct-2025 07:00
- Urban appetite for lemur meat piles pressure on iconic primates - Mongabay
- 01-Oct-2025 07:00
- These fascinating, bizarre jungle creatures, with eyes as big as saucers, are found on just one island in the Indian Ocean - BBC Wildlife Magazine
- 22-Apr-2025 07:00
- Madagascar’s lemurs live with the threat of cyclones – has this shaped their behaviour? - The Conversation
- 05-Mar-2025 08:00
- Lemur evolution happened in waves, not a single burst - Earth.com
- 28-Aug-2025 07:00
- Meet The Lemurs Who Rub Toxic Millipedes Across Their Genitals. Hint: It Also Gets Them High - Forbes
- 29-Jan-2025 08:00
- Historic operation returns almost 1,000 trafficked animals to Madagascar - Al Jazeera
- 19-Dec-2024 08:00
- How insects are helping to save the lemur in Madagascar - Food and Agriculture Organization
- 13-Dec-2024 08:00
- Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar - Nature
- 27-Dec-2024 08:00
- Lemurs, eagles and St Helena’s cloud forest receive UK conservation funding - Wandsworth Times
- 09-Oct-2025 07:00
- Endangered lemurs: Millions of years of diversity at risk - Earth.com
- 13-Jan-2025 08:00
- Hope for Madagascar and its lemurs - IUCN
- 21-Feb-2019 08:00
- Madagascar lemurs, tortoises seized in Thai bust reveal reach of wildlife trafficking - Mongabay
- 28-Jun-2024 07:00
- How illegal mining is threatening imperiled lemurs - National Geographic
- 06-Mar-2019 08:00
- Madagascar's lemurs cling to survival - BBC
- 25-Jun-2015 07:00
- Madagascar’s endangered lemurs are being killed during pandemic lockdowns - National Geographic
- 14-Dec-2020 08:00
- The Lure of Lemurs - Virginia Living
- 14-Feb-2020 08:00
- Can Firebreaks Help Save Madagascar’s Lemurs? - Forbes
- 23-Jul-2023 07:00
- In Madagascar, Endangered Lemurs Find a Private Refuge (Published 2020) - The New York Times
- 27-Oct-2020 07:00
- Endangered and endemic: Madagascar’s lemurs susceptible to coronavirus infection - Mongabay
- 31-Jul-2020 07:00
- Parasites of Madagascar's Lemurs Expanding With Climate Change - Duke Today
- 23-Jan-2013 08:00
- Fossil lemurs from Egypt and Kenya suggest an African origin for Madagascar’s aye-aye - Nature
- 21-Aug-2018 07:00
- Models Predict Where Lemurs Will Go as Climate Warms - Duke Today
- 18-Feb-2015 08:00
- Saving Endangered Lemurs and Their Habitats in Madagascar - SBU News
- 05-Dec-2018 08:00
- Almost a third of lemurs now Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List - IUCN
- 10-Jul-2020 07:00
- Lemurs, Tuberculosis and Spillover, Oh My! - American Lung Association
- 21-Feb-2023 08:00
- Madagascar’s Lemurs, Sacred No More - The New York Times
- 15-Dec-2011 08:00
- How lessons from past extinctions can help save Madagascar’s lemurs - The Conversation
- 23-May-2016 07:00
