The blue-eyed black lemur was identify as a species only in 2008

The Blue-eyed black lemur was identified as a species only in 2008. They were first considered a subspecies of the Black lemur, but a few years ago, they were finally reclassified as being a distinct species.

The Blue-eyed black lemur lives on Madagascar’s northwestern tip. It occurs in primary and secondary sub-tropical dry and moist forests. Little is known about the behavior of Blue-eyed black lemurs outside of captivity because there has not been an extensive study of them in the wild.

Blue eyes are very rare in the world of primates. Apart from blue-eyed black lemurs, only some spider monkey species have blue eyes, and their eyes can range in color from a shocking electric blue, a light sky-blue, or a softer grey-blue.