Their name comes from the marking above the brow line, near the eyes. The male crowned lemur is predominately brown in colour with grey-brown underparts, while the female is grey with creamy-white underparts. The main threat facing crowned lemurs is habitat loss due to logging, agriculture and forest fires. The crowned lemur like all lemurs are facing habitat loss and fragmentation, therefore populations are decreasing. There are a number of reasons for this, including slash-and-burn techniques used to create agricultural land, charcoal production, mining and illegal logging. Habitat. This is off of the Southeast coast of Africa. The home range is small for crowned lemurs, they have significant overlap with neighboring groups. Crowned lemurs are also hunted for food and captured for the pet trade. Dry Forest. Lemurs live in trees which is why they are called arboreal. The ring-tailed lemur is the most common with small-sized body, striped black and white tail. Out of all lemur species, crowned lemurs are the most sexually dimorphic, meaning males and females look very different. Crowned lemurs, like all lemurs, are primates only found on the island of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main threat faced by crowned lemurs is habitat loss. Lemurs are classified into different classes such as gray mouse lemur, Golden-crowned sifaka, coquerel’s sifaka, black lemur, Aye-Aye, Indri, and Ring-tailed lemur. The majority of the crowned lemurs diet consists of fruit. When ripe fruit is limited they will also eat leaves and insects too. They are an endangered species, threatened by habitat loss and are hunted for food and the pet trade. These lemurs are found in family groups of about 5 to 6, and are more active during the day. Both males and females have the crowns, and it is brown-orange in colour. Lemur Habitat and Distribution. They are only found on the Comoro Islands and Madagascar Islands. They belong to the family of Lemuridae which comprises 105 species with ranging sizes. They have bright orange eyes and a long thick tail. Illegal hunting and trapping continue to be problems to overcome. There are some large species of Lemurs though that also spend time on the ground. Since the Golden-Crowned Sifaka Lemur was first spotted in 1974 their numbers have continued to decline. Distribution. Many experts feel they won’t be able to survive more than few decades if substantial conservation efforts to their natural habitat aren’t made. Despite living high up in the canopy, they will descend to collect fallen fruit.