Varecia rubra (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 : 422-423

Lemur ruber É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

( Figs 134-136 )

Lemur ruber É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812: 159 .

COMMON NAME. — Red Ruffed Lemur .

CURRENT NAME. — Varecia rubra (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812) .

See Groves (2005b: 117) and Schwitzer et al. (2013: 141).

COLLECTOR/S. — Initially collected by Pieter Heinrich Polemann [1779-1839] and donated to the Baudin expedition at Cape Town ( Péron 1804a), contra Desmarest (1821: 98) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Madagascar. COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-AC-A8126 , holotype, intracranial moulding. Specimen missing.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80175 ( Fig. 134 ; two living animals), Inv. no. 80185 and 80197r ( Figs 135 ; 136 ; living animal).

COMMENTS. — Observations of its habits via notes of Péron were recorded by É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier (1824-1842: text to plate 42, Le Maki Roux Femelle).

Figures

FIG. 134. — Lemur ruber É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812. Madagascar. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour, ink and pencil – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80175. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 135. — Lemur ruber É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,1812.Red Ruffed Lemur.Madagascar.Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.Pencil – 15 × 17 cm.Inv. no. 80185.Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 136. — Lemur ruber É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812. Madagascar. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour – 15 × 20 cm. Inv. no. 80197r. Credits: MHNH.