Crowned Lemur

Taxobox
name = Crowned LemurMSW3 Groves|pages=115|id=12100039]
status = VU
trend = down
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Ganzhorn "et al"|year=2000|id=8199|title=Eulemur coronatus|downloaded=11 May 2006 Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1cd, B1+2bc v2.3)]


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Lemuridae
genus = "Eulemur"
species = "E. coronatus"
binomial = "Eulemur coronatus"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1842)

The Crowned Lemur ("Eulemur coronatus") is a lemur that is 31-36 cm (12-15 inches)fact|date = April 2008 long and weighs 2 kg. Its tail is about 42-51 cm long.fact|date = April 2008 The Crowned Lemur is endemic to the dry deciduous forests of the northern tip of Madagascar. It eats a diet of mostly flowers, fruits, and leaves. The population is estimated to 1000-10,000 individuals as of 2004, most of which live on the Ankarana Plateau. It has a distinctive crown on its forehead. Females have a gray body with an orange crown, and males are a darker reddish brown crowned with black and orange. [ [http://lemur.duke.edu/animals/crowned/ DLC: Animals: Crowned Lemur ] ] Crowned Lemurs have a life span of approximately 20 years and reach sexual maturity after 20 months. It gives birth to one offspring after a gestation period of 125 days. However, it is just as likely for a Crowned Lemur to give birth to twins as it is to give birth to just one infant.

This member of the "Eulemur" genus is primarily diurnal.

References

External links

*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Eulemur_coronatus/ images and movies of the crowned lemur "(Eulemur coronatus)"]
* http://www.animalinfo.org/species/primate/lemucoro.htm