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Taxon: Family "Indridae" Burnett, 1828 - avahi, sifakas, and indri (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Indroidea (Superfamily) Burnett, 1828

Original entries

Questionably *Avahi* (Genus) Jourdan, 1834
Questionably *Mesopropithecus* (Genus) Standing, 1905
Questionably *Propithecus* (Genus) Bennett, 1832

Subsequent entries

Indri (Genus) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, 1796

Current position

Indroidea (Superfamily) Burnett, 1828

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 336.

Alternative positions

*Lemuroidea* (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 57.
*Primates* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 246.

Historical positions

*Lemuroidea* (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 57.
*Indroidea* (Superfamily) Burnett, 1828	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 336.
*Primates* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 246; 5.
*Lemuriformes* (Infraorder) Gregory, 1915	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	3g;7s; ‡1g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 57	3g;12s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[3g; ‡1g]
1993	C.P. Groves	3g;5s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	3g

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