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Taxon: Species Lepilemur mustelinus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851 - weasel-lemur (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name:  Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1851. Cat. Meth. Coll. Mamm. Ois. (Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris), Primates: 76.
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Types

Type, by original designation, of: Lepilemur (Genus) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Lepilemur mustelinus mustelinus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Variants

Different rank: Lepilemur mustelinus mustelinus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Lepilemur dorsalis Gray, 1870 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Lepilemur edwardsi (Forbes, 1894) Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Lepilemur leucopus (Forsyth-Major, 1894) Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Lepilemur microdon (Forsyth Major, in Forbes, 1894) Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Lepilemur ruficaudatus A. Grandidier, 1867 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Lepilemur septentrionalis Rumpler & Albignac, 1975 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: grote wezelmaki

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: weasel-lemur
: sportive lemur
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