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title: "Common Brown Lemur"
description: "Eulemur fulvus — Mammiferi. The common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-brown-lemur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Brown Lemur

> Eulemur fulvus — Mammiferi. The common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae.

- Scientific name: *Eulemur fulvus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 1058
- Wikidata: [Q790691](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q790691)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43613](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43613)

## Names

- en: Common Brown Lemur
- de: Brauner Maki
- es: Lémur pardo
- fr: Lémur brun
- nl: Bruine maki
- pl: Lemuria płowa

## Countries with the most observations

MG (779), YT (113)

## Summary

The common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is found in Madagascar and has been introduced to Mayotte.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_brown_lemur

## Photo

![Common Brown Lemur](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-brown-lemur/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6976495

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-brown-lemur?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).