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Monotypic taxon: Family Megaladapidae Forsyth Major, 1893 - sportive lemurs, weasel lemurs, and koala lemurs (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Primates

Current position

Lemuroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

*Lemuroidae* (Superfamily) orth. inval.	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 415). [misplaced]
*Primates* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 245.

Historical positions

*Lemuroidea* (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
*Lemuroidae* (Superfamily) orth. inval.	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 415).
*Lemuroidea* (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 578.
*Primates* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 245; 5.
*Primates* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	‡1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 29 May 2022	[; ‡1g]
2013	J.G. Fleagle: App. 1 (p. 415)	[; ‡1g]
1993	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 5	1g;7s
1993	C.P. Groves	1g;7s

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