Conservation Status
The collared brown lemur was listed as Vulnerable (VU A2cd) in the 2008 IUCN Red List assessment. Its greatest threat is habitat loss from slash-and-burn agriculture and charcoal production. It is also hunted for food and captured for the local pet trade. Populations of the collared brown lemur have been successfully sustained in captivity as a safeguard against their extinction.
A small group of collared brown lemurs was introduced in the 1980s into the Berenty Private Reserve and has since hybridized with introduced red-fronted lemurs.
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