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Taxon:
Genus
Cheirogaleus
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
- dwarf lemurs
(mammal)
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Entity:
Cheirogaleinae (Subfamily)
..Allocebus (Genus) - hairy-eared dwarf lemur
..Microcebus (Genus) - mouse lemurs
..Mirza (Genus) - giant mouse lemurs
..Cheirogaleus (Genus) - dwarf lemurs
....Cheirogaleus adipicaudatus (Species)
....Cheirogaleus crossleyi (Species)
....Cheirogaleus major (Species) - greater dwarf lemur
....Cheirogaleus medius (Species) - fat-tailed dwarf lemur
....Cheirogaleus minusculus (Species)
....Cheirogaleus ravus (Species)
....Cheirogaleus sibreei (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
Original name
:
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1812. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 19: 172.
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:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Cheirogaleidae
(Family)
Gray, 1873
Ref:
E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000
: xxv.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Cheirogaleinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1873
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Cheirogaleus major
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
Ref:
1907b
: 548.
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Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Altililemur
(Genus)
Elliot, 1913
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Cebugale
(Genus)
Lesson, 1840
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Mioxicebus
(Genus)
Lesson, 1840
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Myspithecus
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1833
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Opolemur
(Genus)
Gray, 1873
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
echte katmaki's
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
dwarf lemurs
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28 Aug 2026