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Lepilemur
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851
- sportive lemurs
(mammal)
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Entity:
Lepilemuridae (Family)
..Lepilemur (Genus) - sportive lemurs
....Lepilemur ankaranensis (Species)
....Lepilemur dorsalis (Species)
....Lepilemur edwardsi (Species) - Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur
....Lepilemur leucopus (Species) - white-footed sportive lemur
....Lepilemur microdon (Species)
....Lepilemur mitsinjonensis (Species)
....Lepilemur mustelinus (Species) - weasel-lemur
....Lepilemur ruficaudatus (Species)
....Lepilemur scottorum (Species) - Scott's sportive lemur
....Lepilemur seali (Species)
....Lepilemur septentrionalis (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851
Original name
:
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1851. Cat. Meth. Coll. Mamm. Ois. (Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris), Primates: 75, 341.
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:
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:
Types
Type of
:
Lepilemuridae
(Family)
Gray, 1870
Ref:
E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000
: xxiv.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Lepilemurinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1870
Ref:
J.G. Fleagle, 1998
: 578.
[implicit]
Type, by original designation
:
Lepilemur mustelinus
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Galeocebus
(Genus)
Wagner, 1855
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Mixocebus
(Genus)
Peters, 1874
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wezelmaki's
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
sportive lemurs
:
weasel lemurs
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