Red lemur

The red lemur (Eulemur rufus), also known as the rufous brown lemur, is a lemur of Madagascar that lives in the dry deciduous forests of the west between the Betsiboka River in the north and the Tsiribihina River in the south. It was long treated as a subspecies of the common brown lemur and in 2008 was split from the red-fronted lemur, with the Tsiribihina River marking the boundary. It has a head and body length of 35 to 48 cm and a weight of 2.2 to 2.3 kg, with a gray coat and black face. The IUCN lists it as Vulnerable, and hunting at unsustainable levels and slash-and-burn habitat destruction are the main threats.