Collared Lemur (Eulemur collaris) Fact Sheet: Population & Conservation Status

• Global population
• No published estimates
• Regional population density (from Andriaholinirina et al. 2014)
• Littoral forests of Mandena and Sainte Luce
• Live in relatively high density
• 74-139 individuals/km² (192-360 individuals/mi²)
• Midongy du Sud
• 14 individuals/km² (36 individuals/mi²)
• Andoahela National Park and Tsitongambarika
• 8-11 individuals/km² (21-28 individuals/mi²)

• IUCN Status
  • Endangered (2018 assessment) (Donati et al. 2020)
• CITES Status
  • Appendix I (UNEP 2019)

• Habitat loss (from Andriaholinirina et al. 2014)
• Loss of total area and decline in quality
• Driven primarily by charcoal production and slash-and-burn agriculture
• Also impacted by ilmenite mining
• Hunted and trapped by humans (from Andriaholinirina et al. 2014)
• Unsustainable levels of hunting
• Primarily caught in traps
• Captured for the local pet trade

• Populations within protected areas (from Mittermeier et al. 2010)
• Occurs within 2 national parks
• Andohahela and Midongy du Sud
• Present in some special and private reserves
• Tsitongambarika Forest Protected Area (G. Donati, personal communication)
• Kalambatritra Special Reserve
• Sainte Luce Private Reserve
• Mandena Conservation Zone
• Berenty Private Reserve
• Introduced population that has hybridized with Eulemur rufus
• Translocated population (from Donati et al. 2007b)
• Relocation undertaken to avoid local extinction
• Population within a remnant forest threatened by charcoal making
• 28 individuals moved within Mandena Conservation Zone in 2000 and 2001
• Followed the establishment of a protected region within the forest

Eulemur collaris.

Image credit: © Matthias Markolf at Flickr. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission from the artist.

Andriaholinirina et al. (2014)
Donati et al. (2007b)
Mittermeier et al. (2010)