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Family
Indriidae
Burnett, 1828, orth. cons.
- avahi, sifakas, and indri
(mammal)
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Entity:
Lemuroidea (Superfamily)
..‡Archaeolemuridae (Family)
..Lemuridae (Family) - large lemurs
..Lepilemuridae (Family)
..‡Megaladapidae (Family) - sportive lemurs, weasel lemurs, and koala lemurs
..‡Palaeopropithecidae (Family)
..Indriidae (Family) - avahi, sifakas, and indri
....Avahi (Genus) - avahi, woolly lemur
....Indri (Genus) - indri
....Propithecus (Genus) - sifakas
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Burnett, 1828) Hill, 1953, orth. cons.
Original name
:
Burnett, 1828:306.
Subsequent rank
:
1953. Hill, 1953
: 516.
Attributes
Conserved spelling (orth. cons.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012 Art. 14.11, Rec. 50E.1]
Ref:
ICZN, 2002a: Opinion 1995.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Indriinae
(Subfamily)
Burnett, 1828, orth. cons.
Ref:
J.G. Fleagle, 1998
: 577.
[implicit]
Type
:
Indri
(Genus)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, 1796
Ref:
E. Delson et al. (eds.), 2000
: xxiv.
[inferred]
Variants
Former rank
:
Indriinae
(Subfamily)
Burnett, 1828, orth. cons.
Ref:
C.J. Burgin et al., 2020
: table 2 (p. 26).
[inferred]
Different spelling
:
Indridae
(Family)
Burnett, 1828
Different spelling
:
Indridae
(Family)
Burnett, 1828
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
indriachtigen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
avahi, sifakas, and indri
:
leaping lemurs
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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28 Aug 2026