Varecia variegata

– Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

PRIMATES

Family:

LEMURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Varecia variegata

Species Authority:

(Kerr, 1792)

Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Varecia variegata ssp. variegata

See Varecia variegata ssp. rubra

Common Name/s:

English	—	RUFFED LEMUR
French	—	LÉMUR VARI, MAKI VARI
Spanish	—	LEMUR DE COLLAR, LEMUR DE GOLA, LEMUR DE GORGUERA

Taxonomic Notes:

Generic synonym = Lemur.

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

EN A1cd ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Baillie, J.

History:

1986	-	Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Endangered (Harcourt and Thornback 1990)
1990	-	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Countries:

Native:

Madagascar

Population

Population Trend:

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology:

Crepuscular and arboreal.

System:

Terrestrial

List of Habitats:

1.5	Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Threats

List of Threats:

1	Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced) (ongoing)
3.5	Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Cultural/scientific/leisure activities (ongoing)

Conservation Actions

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on Appendix I of CITES.

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Harcourt, C. and Thornback, J. 1990. Lemurs of Madagascar and the Comoros. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Baillie, J. 1996. Varecia variegata. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 September 2008.
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