Eulemur rufifrons

(Bennett, 1833), Animalia, Lemuridae, NT

Eulemur rufifrons is a relatively large brown lemur with a head-body length of 40–48 cm, a tail length of 45–55 cm, an overall length of 85–103 cm, and a mean body weight of 2.2–2.3 kg (Glander et al., 1992). This species is sexually dichromatic. In males the coloration is iron-gray above with a grayish-fawn underside; the crown is dark red and the tail black along part of its length. The digits are red. In females, the coloration is brownish olive-gray above with a whitish-red underside, a reddish head, and an orange-tipped tail. There is little gray above the eyes (Groves, 2001, 2006). All young are born with adult male coloration, the female infants undergoing a change into adult female coloration at 7–17 weeks (Barthold et al., 2009). This species may be confused with Eulemur rubriventer where the two are sympatric in the eastern rain forest. \([\dots]\) https://lemursofmadagascar.com

Current distribution

N. of observation used in the models

  N = 111

  Species distribution area

  SDA = 85 985 km\(^2\)

 

  Model performance
ROC OA TSS
Value 0.97 0.85 0.81

Climatic niche

Climatic and altitudinal range

 
temp prec tseas pseas cwd foret alt
Mean 223 1249 2622 101 411 40 553
2.5% 156 477 2336 63 19 0 11
97.5% 259 2403 2849 137 853 100 1716
Variable importance
GLM GAM RF MaxE ANN mrank rank
temp 0.28 0.15 0.34 0.10 0.36 4.80 6
prec 0.15 0.27 0.49 0.22 0.46 4.00 4
tseas 0.88 0.68 0.56 0.99 0.84 1.00 1
pseas 0.38 0.42 0.34 0.42 0.58 3.20 2
cwd 0.49 0.46 0.28 0.12 0.63 3.40 3
foret 0.15 0.12 0.42 0.31 0.23 4.60 5

Vulnerability to climate change

Full dispersal

  RCP : 85, Year : 2080

 

Zero dispersal

  RCP : 85, Year : 2080

 

Scenarios
RCP Year Disp Area Change
1 45 2080 full 94 235 10
2 45 2080 zero 66 596 -23
3 85 2080 full 85 605 -0
4 85 2080 zero 55 459 -36