Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Primates Linnaeus, 1758 - primates
       Suborder Strepsirrhini Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
         Infraorder Lemuriformes Gregory, 1915
           Superfamily Lemuroidea Gray, 1821
             Family Lemuridae Gray, 1821 - large lemurs
               Genus Eulemur Simons & Rumpler, 1988 - lemurs
                 Eulemur macaco (C. Linnaeus, 1766) - black lemur
                   1 [Eulemur macaco macaco]ᵀ (C. Linnaeus, 1766)
                   2 Eulemur macaco flavifrons (Gray, 1867)