Taxonomy Profile: Lepilemur (I Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1851)

Lepilemur: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Mixocebus
Peters 1874
Galeocebus
Wagner 1855
Lepidilemur
Giebel 1859
Common Name(s):
sportive lemurs []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Lepilemur: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Primates
primates |
homem |
macaco |
primata |
sagui |
primates |
Suborder : Strepsirrhini
Infraorder : Lemuriformes
Superfamily : Lemuroidea
Family : Lepilemuridae
sportive lemurs |
Genus : Lepilemur
sportive lemurs |
Lepilemur Direct Children(s):
Lepilemur dorsalis
(Gray 1870)
Lepilemur edwardsi
(Forsyth Major in Forbes 1894)
Lepilemur leucopus
(Forsyth Major in Forbes 1894)
Lepilemur microdon
(Forsyth Major in Forbes 1894)
Lepilemur mustelinus
(I Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1851)
Lepilemur ruficaudatus
(Grandidier 1867)
Lepilemur septentrionalis
(Rumpler and Albignac 1975)
Lepilemur betsileo
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur fleuretae
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur hollandorum
(Ramaromilanto Lei Engberg Johnson Sitzmann Louis Jr 2009)
Lepilemur seali
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur scottorum
(Lei Engberg Andriantompohavana McGuire Mittermeier Zaonarivelo Brenneman and Louis Jr 2008)
Lepilemur milanoii
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur ankaranensis
(Rumpler and Albignac 1975)
Lepilemur tymerlachsoni
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur mittermeieri
(Rabarivola Zaramody Fausser Andriaholinirina Roos Zinner Marcel and Rumpler 2006)
Lepilemur otto
(Craul Zimmermann Rasoloharijaona Randrianambinina and Radespiel 2007)
Lepilemur hubbardi
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur petteri
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur aeeclis
(Andriaholinirina Fausser Roos Zinner Thalmann Rabarivola Ravaoarimanana et al 2017)
Lepilemur randrianasoloi
(Andriaholinirina Fausser Roos Zinner Thalmann Rabarivola Ravaoarimanana et al 2017)
Lepilemur sahamalaza
(Andriaholinirina Fausser Roos Zinner Thalmann Rabarivola Ravaoarimanana et al 2017)
Lepilemur ahmansoni
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur jamesi
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur wrighti
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur grewcocki
(Louis Jr Engberg Lei Geng Sommer Randriamampionona Randriamanana Zaonarivelo et al 2006)
Lepilemur: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Colin P. Groves
Notes:
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
Reference for:
Lepilemur
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Lepilemur
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2013-01-01 / 2013-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates
Page(s):
951
Publisher:
Lynx Edicions
Publication Place:
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN/ISSN:
9788496553897/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lepilemur
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1
Page(s):
xxxv + 743
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lepilemur
Lepilemur: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Lepilemur: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Revised by Petter et al. (1977:274-318). Seven of the eight species are known to be karyotypically distinct. Rumpler (1975) and Corbet and Hill (1980:83) placed this genus in a subfamily of Lemuridae. Petter and Petter (1977:6) placed it in its own family Lepilemuridae. Yoder et al. (1999) considered that Lepilemur is probably not, in fact, a member of the Megaladapidae, which is based on a subfossil genus