Eulemur rufus

(Audebert, 1799), Animalia, Lemuridae, VU

Eulemur rufus is a relatively large 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 around 2 kg (Gerson, 1999). This species is sexually dichromatic. In males, coloration is dark olive-gray with a deep brown tinge above and on the tail, and lighter below. The hands are red. The crown is dark brick-red, the cheek beard golden-red, and the muzzle black with an additional, broad, black midfacial stripe extending from the crown to the nose; the sides of the latter as well as the spots above the eyes are creamy-white. In females, coloration is gingery-red above with an orange underside and a short, golden-red cheek beard. The crown is black, and there are large, gray-white eye and cheek spots (Groves, 2001, 2006). \([\dots]\) https://lemursofmadagascar.com

Current distribution

N. of observation used in the models

  N = 53

  Species distribution area

  SDA = 80 870 km\(^2\)

 

  Model performance
ROC OA TSS
Value 0.97 0.86 0.73

Climatic niche

Climatic and altitudinal range

 
temp prec tseas pseas cwd foret alt
Mean 263 1349 1697 125 787 20 77
2.5% 251 753 1209 112 647 0 5
97.5% 272 1673 2595 141 893 100 252
Variable importance
GLM GAM RF MaxE ANN mrank rank
temp 0.02 0.03 0.26 0.19 1.00 3.70 4
prec 0.24 0.38 0.21 0.09 0.60 3.40 2
tseas 0.06 0.06 0.29 0.05 0.90 3.80 5
pseas 0.18 0.19 0.28 0.11 0.26 3.60 3
cwd 0.89 0.93 0.30 0.07 0.50 2.60 1
foret 0.04 0.03 0.41 0.18 0.06 3.90 6

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 145 981 81
2 45 2080 zero 79 184 -2
3 85 2080 full 179 868 122
4 85 2080 zero 76 657 -5