Talk:Red lemur

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Did you know... that until December 2008, the Red Lemur and the Red-fronted Lemur (pictured) were considered the same species?

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The first few sentences leave me wondering: what was the taxonomic status of the red lemur between 2001 and 2008? 86.0.202.187 (talk) 02:32, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was promoted to species status within the genus Eulemur in 2001. In 2008 that species was split into 2 species. I added a short line to the article to clarrify. –Visionholder (talk) 16:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]