Order Primates Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 243 277 book chapter 193461 10.5281/zenodo.7353122 0df816bd-0cef-463a-94c2-b03e13ea7128 1-56098-217-9 7353122 Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy, 1796) . Mag. Encyclop., 1:47 . TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar . DISTRIBUTION: Coastal Madagascar , except extreme south; Mayotte (Comoro Isis). STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Rare as E. f. albifrons , E. f. fulvus and E. f. rufus, Vulnerable as E. f. albocollaris , E. f. collaris , E. f. mayottensis and E. f. sanfordi . SYNONYMS: albifrons , albocollaris , bruneus , cinereiceps , collaris , frederici , macromangoz, mayottensis , melanocephala , rufifrons , rufus , sanfordi , xanthomystax . COMMENTS: Sympatric with macaco ; see Tattersall (1976) . Includes rufus , albifrons , collaris , and sanfordi ; see Petter and Petter (1977:6) and Groves (1978a , 1989:87-92); some of these nominal forms may prove to be distinct species.