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Lepilemuridae Gray 1870

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Lepilemuridae Gray 1870

Lepilemuridae Gray 1870, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, Fruit-eating Bats Brit. Mus.: 132.

Synonyms: Megaladapidae Major 1893.

Genera: 1 genus with 8 species:

Genus Lepilemur I. Geoffroy 1851 (8 species)

Discussion: Includes many extinct (subfossil) genera, as well as Lepilemur, according to Schwartz and Tattersall (1985:20) and Groves (1989:92). Called Megaladapidae by Groves (1993, 2001 c), but Lepilemuridae takes precedence. Considered a subfamily (Lepilemurinae) of Lemuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997), but it is not clearly more related to Lemuridae than to Indridae.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, pp. 111-184 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 117, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Primates
Family
Lepilemuridae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Lepilemuridae Gray, 1870 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Gray, J. E. 1870. Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs and fruit eating bats in the collections of the British Museum. British Museum, London, 137 pp.
  • Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1851. Catalogue methodique de la collection des mammiferes de la collection des oiseaux et des collection annexes. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Gide et Baudry, Paris, 96 pp.
  • Schwartz, J. H., and I. Tattersall. 1985. Evolutionary relationships of living lemurs and lorises (Mammalia, Primates) and their potential affinities with European Eocene Adapidae. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, 60, 3: 1 - 100.
  • Groves, C. P., and P. Grubb. 1993. The Eurasian suids: Sus and Babyrousa. Taxonomy and description. Pp. 107 - 111, in Action plan for the Suiformes (W. L. R. Oliver, ed.). I. U. C. N., Gland, Switzerland, 202 pp.
  • Groves, C. P. 2001 c. Primate taxonomy. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 350 pp.
  • McKenna, M. C., and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.