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Lemuridae
Gray, 1821
- large lemurs
(mammal)
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Entity:
Lemuroidea (Superfamily)
..‡Archaeolemuridae (Family)
..Indriidae (Family) - avahi, sifakas, and indri
..Lepilemuridae (Family)
..‡Megaladapidae (Family) - sportive lemurs, weasel lemurs, and koala lemurs
..‡Palaeopropithecidae (Family)
..Lemuridae (Family) - large lemurs
....Eulemur (Genus) - lemurs
....Hapalemur (Genus) - gentle lemurs
....Lemur (Genus) - ring-tailed lemur
....‡Pachylemur (Genus)
....Prolemur (Genus)
....Varecia (Genus) - variegated lemurs, ruffed lemurs
Authorship
Original name
:
Gray, 1821. London Med. Repos., 15: 298.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Lemurinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Ref:
E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000
: xxiv.
[inferred]
Type
:
Lemur
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000
: xxiv.
[inferred]
Variants
Different rank
:
Lemurinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Synonyms
Including
:
Lepilemuridae
(Family)
Gray, 1870
Ref:
Corbet & Hill, 1991
Including
:
Megalodapidae
(Family)
Ref:
Corbet & Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
echte lemuren
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
large lemurs
:
lemurs
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