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

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 collaris É. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1812

( Fig. 128 )

Lemur collaris É. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1812: 161 .

COMMON NAME. — Red-collared Brown Lemur .

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

See Schwitzer et al. (2013: 136).

COLLECTOR/S. — Donated by Jan Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Cape Colony in South Africa ( Péron 1804a).

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Madagascar.

COMMENT. — The species occurs on Madagascar.

COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80193 ( Fig. 128 ; two animals).

COMMENTS. — The lemur was alive, one of seven specimens donated by the Dutch Government in Cape Town to François Péron, from an unknown original source ( Péron 1804a). Possibly, Lesueur studied an additional lemur in Cape Town, as no specimens of this species were brought back.

Figures

FIG. 128. — Lemur collaris É. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1812. Madagascar. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Pencil and ink – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80193. Credits: MHNH.