Black lemur
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Lemur comes from the Latin word for "ghosts" and was probably inspired by their staring eyes (which glow reddish in the dark) and silent, secretive habits.
Black Lemur
Three female black lemurs
Photo by Chuck Dresner
Black lemurs, male (left) and female (right)
Photo by Chuck Dresner ...
Black lemur
Eulemur macaco
Like all lemurs, this species is only found in Madagascar.
Subspecies
Two.
Blue-eyed black lemurs usually weigh between 4-5.5 lbs (181 -250 kg).
Conservation Status
On the 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the blue-eyed black lemur is listed as Critically Endangered.
Black lemurs once inhabited the northwestern part of Madagascar. There were taboos against killing them, but as natural forests were replaced by plantations this protection disappeared and they were poisoned or shot as pests.
This prosimian is a subspecies of the black lemur. Males are black while females have rufous to tan (and sometime gray) coats dorsally and on the tail, an off-white ventrum, a reddish beard, and dark extremities.
Black lemur (Eulemur macaco)
Madagascar frog (Mantidactylus ambohitra)
Madagascar frog (Mantidactylus massorum)
Andoany stump-toed frog (Stumpffia pygmaea)
Madagascar frog (Mantidactylus striatus)
Madagascan mantella (Mantella madagascariensis) ...
In some cases, as in the black lemur (L. macaco) the two sexes are differently coloured; but in others, especially the ruffed lemur (L. varius), there is much individual variation in this respect, scarcely any two being alike.
 See also: Lemur, Monkey, Ring-tailed lemur, Ruffe, Ruffed lemur
  
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