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Varecia variegata
(Kerr, in Linnaeus, 1792)
- ruffed lemur
(mammal)
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Varecia (Genus) - variegated lemurs, ruffed lemurs
..Varecia rubra (Species)
..Varecia variegata (Species) - ruffed lemur
....Varecia variegata editorum (Subspecies)
....Varecia variegata subcincta (Subspecies)
....Varecia variegata variegata (Subspecies)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
-
(Order)
Primates
-
(Family)
Lemuridae
Current position
Varecia
(Genus)
Gray, 1863
Ref:
C.P. Groves, 2005
: 117.
Historical positions
Varecia
(Genus)
Gray, 1863
Ref:
C.P. Groves, 2005
: 117.
Varecia
(Genus)
Gray, 1863
Ref:
C.P. Groves, 1993
: 245.
Varecia
(Genus)
Gray, 1863
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 92.
Number of Subtaxa
2026
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
3ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
[3ss]
2005
C.P. Groves
[3ss]
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28 Aug 2026