Sanford's brown lemur [SEP] parent taxon
Sanford's brown lemur
Sanford's brown lemur ("Eulemur sanfordi"), or Sanford's lemur, is a species of strepsirrhine primate in the family Lemuridae. Sanford's brown lemur was previously considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur ("Eulemur fulvus") but was raised to full species in 2001. It is named after Leonard Cutler Sanford, a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History.
Physical description.
Sanford's brown lemur is a medium-sized lemur with a head-to-
dry lowland and montane forests up to elevations of 1,400 m.
In Ankarana it appears to favor secondary forest and is active at both day and night. Sanford's brown lemur is said to display a cathemeral activity pattern, becoming most active in the afternoon and evening with occasional bouts at night.
Sanford's brown lemur is reported to associate with the crowned lemur during the wet season, a time of greater food availability. This friendly behavior would explain the occasional reports of hybrids between the two species.
Behavior and ecology Groups