18 species depicted on page (5 out of 5 extant families, 10 out of 15 extant genera)

Family: Lemuridae

Eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus)

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

brown (Eulemur)

Common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus)

Red-fronted lemur (Eulemur rufifrons)

Sanford's brown lemur (Eulemur sanfordi)

Ruffed (Varecia)

Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)

Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)

Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)

sifaka (Propithecus) - 6 out of 9 species depicted

Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)

Diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema)

Von der Decken's sifaka (Propithecus deckenii)

Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus)

Crowned sifaka (Propithecus coronatus)

Indri (Indri indri)

Family: Cheirogaleidae

mouse (Microcebus)

Western fork-marked lemur (Phaner pallescens)

Family: Lepilemuridae

White-footed sportive lemur (Lepilemur leucopus)

Family: Daubentoniidae

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

need ID

misc

Bamboo or gentle

Eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus)
Lemurs' Park (Parc de lémuriens à Madagascar)
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Summer, 2007

Lemur profiling

Eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus)
Lemurs' Park (Parc de lémuriens à Madagascar)
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Summer, 2007

Bamboo lemur

Eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus)
Lemurs' Park (Parc de lémuriens à Madagascar)
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Summer, 2007

East goes west

Eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus)
Marojejy, Madagascar
June 27, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Ring-tail

The lemur and Mr. Darwin

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
Family: Lemuridae (typica lemurs)
Berenty, Madagascar
Summer, 2007

The zen of evolution

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
Family: Lemuridae (typica lemurs)
Berenty, Madagascar
Summer, 2007

Maki

Maki-vellian

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
Family: Lemuridae (typica lemurs)
Berenty
Family: Lemuridae
July 13, 2013

Maki on the rocks

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
Family: Lemuridae (typica lemurs)
Anja, Madagascar
July, 2013

When lemurs try to be zebras

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
Family: Lemuridae (typica lemurs)
Anja
July, 2013

Common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus)

Common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus)
Family Lemuridae (typical lemurs)
Madagascar

Brown lemur
Madagascar
Summer, 2007

Red-fronted lemur (Eulemur rufifrons)

Red-fronted

Red-fronted lemur (Eulemur rufifrons)
Kirindy, Madagascar
July 12, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Red-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus rufus)
Kirindy, Madagascar
July 12, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Brown

Red-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus rufus)
Kirindy, Madagascar
July 12, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

"I've got your back."

Red-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus rufus)
Isalo, Madagascar
July 13, 2013

Chuckie, lemmie, and me

Red-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus rufus)
Madagascar
July, 2013

Sanford's brown lemur (Eulemur sanfordi)

Sanford

Sanford's brown lemur (Eulemur sanfordi)
Ankarana, Madagascar
July 4, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Hybrid

hybrid Eulemur: E. rufifrons x E. collaris (introduced)
Berenty, Madagascar
Summer, 2007

Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)

Ruffed and reddy

Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
Family: Lemuridae
Masoala, Madagascar
July, 2013

Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)

Neck-ruff-philia

Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)
Happy Hollow
October 10, 2016
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

Sifakas

Close-up

Sifaka snacking

The real Sifakas

Leapin' lemur baby

Sifaka portrait

Bob and his distorted sense of lemur

Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
Zoboomafoo species

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)

Dancing sifaka

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Berenty Private Reserve
Madagascar
2007

Lemur pirouette

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Berenty Private Reserve
Madagascar
2007

Ninja lemur

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Berenty Private Reserve
Madagascar
2007

Check out these moves

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Berenty
July 6, 2013

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Berenty
July 6, 2013

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Berenty
July 13, 2013

Contemplating his next move

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Berenty
July 6, 2013

Sifaka facade

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Berenty
July 13, 2013

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Berenty
July 13, 2013

Diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema)

Diademed

Diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema)
Andasibe, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar
June 22, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Diademed

Diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema)
Andasibe, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar
June 23, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Von der Decken's sifaka (Propithecus deckenii)

Decken's

Von der Decken's sifaka (Propithecus deckenii)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Bemaraha, Madagascar
July 14, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus)

Silky

Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Marojejy, Madagascar
June 28, 2016
Canon rebel T5i

Silky

Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Marojejy, Madagascar
June 28, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Silky

Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Marojejy, Madagascar
June 28, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Silky

Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Marojejy, Madagascar
June 28, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Crowned sifaka (Propithecus coronatus)

Day dreaming

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus coronatus)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)

Hand

Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus coronatus)
Family: Indriidae

Indri (Indri indri)

Babakoto

Indri (Indri indri)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Andasibe, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar
June 23, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Indri

Indri (Indri indri)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Andasibe, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar
June 23, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Prime mates

Bob
Indri (Indri indri)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Signs
Andasibe, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar
June 23, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Indri

Indri (Indri indri)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Andasibe, Madagascar
July, 2013

Indri

Indri (Indri indri)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Andasibe, Madagascar
July, 2013

Indri

Indri (Indri indri)
Family: Indriidae (indris, sifakas, woolly lemurs)
Andasibe, Madagascar
July, 2013

Nocturnal

Mouse lemur - nocturnal

Mouse lemur
Berenty, Madagascar
Summer, 2007

Mouse

Mouse lemur (Microcebus)
Kirindy, Madagascar
July 12, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Mouse lemur

Mouse lemur
Berenty
July 5, 2013

Mouse lemur

Mouse lemur
Berenty
July 5, 2013

Western fork-marked lemur (Phaner pallescens)

Western fork-marked

Western fork-marked lemur (Phaner pallescens)
Family: Cheirogaleidae
Kirindy, Madagascar
July 12, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Phaner

Western fork-marked lemur (Phaner pallescens)
Family: Cheirogaleidae
Kirindy, Madagascar
July 12, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Sportif

Sportif lemur - nocturnal - in a thorny situation

White-footed sportive lemur (Lepilemur leucopus)
Berenty, Madagascar
Summer, 2007

Aye-aye

The ayes have it

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Family: Daubentoniidae
Daraina, Madagascar
July 26, 2013

The ayes have it

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Family: Daubentoniidae
Daraina, Madagascar
July 26, 2013

The ayes have it

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Family: Daubentoniidae
Daraina, Madagascar
July 26, 2013

Preserved aye aye - Natural History Museum, Tring, England

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Family: Daubentoniidae
Tring, England
September, 2007

Aye aye skeleon

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Family: Daubentoniidae
England
September, 2007

Aye aye skeletal hand showing remarkable adaptation of the middle finger

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Family: Daubentoniidae
England
2007

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Family: Daubentoniidae
Darwin Safari
September 6, 2007
Canon 30D

Need ID

Madagascar
July 2013

Add ‘Pseudo Thumb’ to the Aye-Aye Lemur’s Bizarre Anatomy

Misc

Unidentified lemur head - Grant Museum, Gower Street, London

Darwin Safari

Myakka Lemur Reserve

Lemur

Common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus)
Family Lemuridae (typical lemurs)
Myakka Lemur Reserve
August 23, 2011
Florida

Lemur on mom

Common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus)
Family Lemuridae (typical lemurs)
Myakka Lemur Reserve
Florida
August 23, 2011

Monica and mememtos

Lemur mementos
Myakka Lemur Reserve
August 23, 2011
Florida

Monica, Charles, and Bob

Myakka Lemur Reserve
August 23, 2011
Florida

Add ‘Pseudo Thumb’ to the Aye-Aye Lemur’s Bizarre Anatomy

Last modified: January 24, 2025
Created: July 27, 2007
Renamed: July 29, 2016 (from lemurs.html)
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