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Collared brown lemur

Eulemur collaris (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

ENEndangeredprimates

The collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris) is a species in the family Lemuridae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 2.38 kg to 2.42 kg and live up to 35.4 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris)
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Quick facts about the collared brown lemur

Weight
2.38 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
35.4 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
37 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
119 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1.1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
18 months – 21.3 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the collared brown lemur live?

Not recorded

What is the collared brown lemur?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris), also known as the red-collared brown lemur, collared lemur, or red-collared lemur, is a medium-sized strepsirrhine primate and one of twelve species of brown lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is only found in south-eastern Madagascar. Like most species of lemur, it is arboreal, moving quadrupedally and occasionally leaping from tree to tree. Like other brown lemurs, this species is cathemeral (active during the day and the night), lives in social groups, primarily eats fruit, exhibits sexual dichromatism, and does not demonstrate female dominance. The species is listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is threatened primarily by habitat loss.

From the Wikipedia article “Collared brown lemur” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Collared_brown_lemur&oldid=1379588028), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the collared brown lemur endangered?

The collared brown lemur is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species.

How is the collared brown lemur classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyLemuridae
  6. genusEulemur
  7. SpeciesEulemur collaris (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Synonyms Eulemur fulvus collaris, Lemur collaris, Prosimia melanocephala, Prosimia xanthomystax

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Red-collared brown lemurEnglish
  • Red-collared lemurEnglish
  • Red-collared lemurEnglish
  • ليمور بني مطوقArabic
  • lemur límcovýCzech
  • HalsbandmakiGerman
  • Lémur AcollaradoSpanish
  • Maki à collier rouxFrench
  • Lémur à collier rouxFrench
  • sárgaszakállú makiHungarian
  • Lemure dal collareItalian
  • アカエリキツネザルJapanese
  • VarikaMalagasy
  • KragemakiNorwegian Bokmål
  • KragelemurNorwegian Bokmål
  • RoodkraagmakiDutch
  • lemuria obrożnaPolish
  • ลีเมอร์ปลอกคอแดงThai

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the collared brown lemur

Other species in the same genus Eulemur.

VU, Vulnerable
Red lemur (Eulemur rufus)

Red lemur

Eulemur rufus

Lemuridae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the collared brown lemur?

An adult collared brown lemur weighs 2.38 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the collared brown lemur endangered?

The collared brown lemur is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the collared brown lemur live?

The collared brown lemur has a recorded lifespan of 35.4 years.

How long is the collared brown lemur pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 119 days.

What kind of animal is the collared brown lemur?

The collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris) belongs to the family Lemuridae in the order Primates.

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BibTeX
@misc{collared_brown_lemur_2026,
  title = {Collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/collared-brown-lemur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}