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title: "Red-fronted Brown Lemur"
description: "Eulemur rufifrons — Ssaki. The red-fronted lemur (Eulemur rufifrons), also known as the red-fronted brown lemur or southern red-fronted brown lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/red-fronted-brown-lemur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red-fronted Brown Lemur

> Eulemur rufifrons — Ssaki. The red-fronted lemur (Eulemur rufifrons), also known as the red-fronted brown lemur or southern red-fronted brown lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar.

- Scientific name: *Eulemur rufifrons*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 783
- Wikidata: [Q249153](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249153)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74325](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74325)

## Names

- en: Red-fronted Brown Lemur
- de: Rotstirnmaki
- es: Lémur de frente roja
- fr: Lémur de Bennett

## Countries with the most observations

MG (721)

## Summary

The red-fronted lemur (Eulemur rufifrons), also known as the red-fronted brown lemur or southern red-fronted brown lemur, is a species of lemur from Madagascar. Until 2001, it was considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur, E. fulvus. In 2001, E. fulvus was split into several separate species, including Eulemur rufus, in which this species was included.  In 2008, E. rufus was split into two species, the red lemur (E. rufus) and the red-fronted lemur (E. rufifrons).  E. rufus covers the population on the west coast north of the Tsiribihina River and E. rufifrons covers the population on the west coast south…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: n_armstrong · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137601678

## Machine access

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