Order Primates Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 216 243 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353017 67397223-b7e8-4f7e-a41e-674d04843525 0-89327-235-3 7353017 Lemur fulvus E. Geoffroy, 1796 . Mag. Encyclop., 1:47 . TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar , Tamatave . DISTRIBUTION: Coastal Madagascar , except extreme south; Mayotte (Comoro Isis.). COMMENT: Sympatric with macaco ; see Tattersall, 1976 , Anthropol. Pap. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 53:255-262. Includes rufus , albifrons , collaris, sanfordi; see Petter and Petter, 1977 , Part 3.1:6; some of these may, however, prove to be distinct species (CPG). PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Lemur spp. and U.S. ESA - Endangered as Lemuridae and Lemur spp.