White-headed lemur

Weight

2.3 kg – 2.43 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

35.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

39 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

125 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.07src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

18 months – 20.8 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The white-headed lemur is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a 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 Vulnerable species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyLemuridae
6. genusEulemur
7. SpeciesEulemur albifrons (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796)

Synonyms Eulemur fulvus albifrons, Lemur albifrons, Prosimia frederici

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

EN, Endangered

Black lemur

Eulemur macaco

Lemuridae

VU, Vulnerable

Common brown lemur

Eulemur fulvus

Lemuridae

CR, Critically Endangered

Mongoose lemur

Eulemur mongoz

Lemuridae

EN, Endangered

Crowned lemur

Eulemur coronatus

Lemuridae

VU, Vulnerable

Red-bellied lemur

Eulemur rubriventer

Lemuridae

VU, Vulnerable

Red lemur

Eulemur rufus

Lemuridae

CompareWhite-headed lemur vs Black lemurWhite-headed lemur vs Common brown lemurWhite-headed lemur vs Mongoose lemurWhite-headed lemur vs Crowned lemur

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@misc{white_headed_lemur_2026,
  title = {White-headed lemur (Eulemur albifrons)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-headed-lemur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}