Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796)

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 420

Lemur fulvus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796

( Figs 129 ; 130 )

Lemur fulvus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796: 47 .

COMMON NAME. — Brown Lemur .

CURRENT NAME. — Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796) .

See Groves (2005b: 115) and Schwitzer et al. (2013: 133).

COLLECTOR/S. — Acquired by François Péron at Île de France ( Mauritius) ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 277).

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — No data.

COLLECTION DATE. — No data.

COMMENT. — Colleted at Madagascar, before 16 December 1803.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data. One specimen of this species, or possibly Eulemur rubriventer (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850: 876) , was taken back to France alive on board Le Géographe ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 269).

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80177 and 80178r ( Figs 129 ; 130 ; two living animals).

COMMENTS. — The lemur was alive, one of seven specimens which were donated by the Dutch Government in Cape Town to François Péron, from an unknown original source ( Péron 1804a). Jangoux et al. (2010: 269) suggest the animal was provided to the voyage at Île de France ( Mauritius).

Figures

FIG. 129. — Lemur fulvus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796. Madagascar. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour and pencil – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80177. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 130. — Lemur fulvus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796 [= Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796)]. Brown Lemur.Madagascar. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Ink and pencil – 17 × 23 cm. Inv. no. 80178r. Credits: MHNH.