Classification of Lemur Species

There are over thirty species of Lemur and they fall into five families, but we shall group the first two, Microbus (the Mouse Lemurs) and Cheirogaleus (the Dwarf Lemurs) into the same page. Other families are Lemur ("true" Lemurs) which includes the well-known Ringtailed Lemur, the Ruffed Lemur and other quadrepedal species, Indri which includes the Indri and Sifaka, Lemurs that have very long legs and have to move by leaping because they cannot walk on all fours and Daubenotia a family containing only the Aye-aye, a most bizarre beast indeed!

* Ringtailed Lemur (Lemur catta)

Eulemur
* Black Lemur (Eulemur macao macao)
- Sclaters Lemur (E. m. flacifrons) *Possibly Extinct*
* Brown Lemur (E. fulvus fulvus)
- Red fronted Lemur (E. f. rufus)
- White fronted Lemur (E. f. albifrons)
- Sandfords Lemur (E. f. sanfordi)
- White Collared Lemur (E. f. albicollaris)
* Mongoose Lemur (E. mongoz)
* Crowned Lemur (E. coronatus)

Hapalemur
* Grey Gentle Lemur (Hapalemur griseus)
- Eastern Grey Gentle Lemur (H. g. griseus)
- Larger Grey Gentle Lemur (H. g. alaotrensis)
- Western Grey Gentle Lemur (H. g. occidentalis)
* Broad Nosed Lemur (H. simus)
* Golden Bamboo Lemur (H. aureus)

Varecia
* Ruffed Lemur (Varecia varecia)
- Black and White Ruffed (V. v. variegata)
- Red Ruffed (V. v. rubra)

Lepilemur
* Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus)

Indri (Indri indri)

Sifaka
* Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi verrauxi)
- Coqueral's Sifaka (P. v. coquerali)
- Decken's Sifaka (P. v. deckeni)
- Crowned Sifaka (P. v. coronatus)
* Diademed Sifaka (P. diadema)
- Perrier's Diademed Sifaka (P. d. perrieri)
- Silky Diademed Sifaka (P. d. candidus)
- Typical Diademed Sifaka (P. d. diadema)
- Milne Edwards Diademed Sifaka (P. d. edwardsi)
- Black Diademed Sifaka (P.d holomulas)
* Tattersall's Sifaka (P. tattersalli)
* Woolly Lemur (Avahi Laniger)
- Eastern Woolly Lemur (A. l. laniger)
- Western Woolly Lemur (A. l. occidentalis)

* Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

The only Mammalian predator on Lemurs (aside from humans of course) is a type of civet known as the Fossa.