Cheirogaleus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lemuroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Primates Subordo: Strepsirrhini Infraordo: Lemuriformes Superfamilia: Lemuroidea

Familia: Cheirogaleidae
Genus: Cheirogaleus
Species (9): C. andysabini – C. crossleyi – C. grovesi – C. lavasoensis – C. major – C. medius – C. minusculus – C. shethi – C. sibreei – C. thomasi

Name

Cheirogaleus É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1812: 172

Type species: Cheirogaleus major É. Geoffroy, 1812, by subsequent designation by Elliot (1907: 548).

Synonyms

Cebugale Lesson, 1840: 207

Type specie: Lemur commersonii Wolf, 1822, by monotypy.

Mioxicebus Lesson, 1840: 207

Type species: Mioxicebus griseus Lesson, 1840, by subsequent designation by Elliot (1913: 124).

Chirogale Gloger, 1841: 44 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Cheirogaleus É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire]
Myspithecus F. Cuvier, 1842: 44 [preoccupied by Myspithecus de Blainville, 1839]

Type species: Cheirogaleus milii É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1828, by monotypy.

Opolemur Gray, 1873: 853

Type species: Cheirogaleus milli É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1828, by monotypy.

Altililemur Elliot, 1913: 111

Type species: Cheirogaleus medius É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1812, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1812. Notes sur trois dessins de Commerçon. Annales du Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 19: 171–175.
Lesson, R.P. 1840. Species des mammifères bimanes et quadrumanes. J. B. Baillière, Paris. BHL
Gogler, C.W.L. 1841. Gemeinnütziges Hand- und Hilfsbuch der Naturgeschichte. A. Schultz & Co. Breslau. BHL
Cuvier F. 1842. Table générale et méthodique de toutes les espèces figurées et décrite dans l’Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères. in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. & Cuvier, F. (eds.). Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères, avec Figures Originales, Coloriées, Dessinées d’aprés des Animaux Vivants. Paris: Blaise, 2. BHL
Gray, J.E. 1872 [1873]. Notes on Propithecus, Indris and other lemurs (Lemurina) in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1872): 846–860. BHL
Elliot, D.G. 1907. A Catalogue of the Collection of Mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum, Zoological series 8: 1–694. BHL
Elliot, D.G. 1913. A Review of the Primates. Volume 1. American Museum of Natural History, New York. BHL

Additional references

Groves, C.P. 2000. The genus Cheirogaleus: unrecognized biodiversity in dwarf lemurs. International Journal of Primatology 21(6): 943–962. DOI: 10.1023/A:1005559012637 Reference page.
Blanco, M.B., Godfrey, L.R., Rakotondratsima, M., Rahalinarivo, V., Samonds, K.E., Raharison, J.L. & Irwin, M.T. 2009. Discovery of sympatric dwarf lemur species in the high-altitude rain forest of Tsinjoarivo, Eastern Madagascar: implications for biogeography and conservation. Folia Primatolologica 80(1): 1–17. DOI: 10.1159/000173716
Groeneveld, L.F., Weisrock, D.W., Rasoloarison, R.M., Yoder, A.D. & Kappeler, P.M. 2009. Species delimitation in lemurs: multiple genetic loci reveal low levels of species diversity in the genus Cheirogaleus. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 30. Reference page.
Groeneveld, L.F., Blanco, M.B., Raharison, J.L., Rahalinarivo, V., Rasoloarison, R.M., Kappeler, P.M., Godfrey, L.R. & Irwin, M.T. 2010. MtDNA and nDNA corroborate existence of sympatric dwarf lemur species at Tsinjoarivo, eastern Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(3): 833–845. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.004
Lei, R., Frasier, C.L., McLain, A.T., Taylor, J.M., Bailey, C.A., Engberg, S.E., Ginter, A.L., Randriamampionona, R., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A. & Louis Jr., E.E. 2014. Revision of Madagascar's Dwarf Lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus): Designation of Species, Candidate Species Status and Geographic Boundaries Based on Molecular and Morphological Data. Primate Conservation 2014 (28): 9–35. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Lei, R., McLain, A.T., Frasier, C.L., Taylor, J.M., Bailey, C.A., Engberg, S.E., Ginter, A.L., Nash, S.D., Randriamampionona, R., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A. & Louis Jr., E.E. 2016. A New Species in the Genus Cheirogaleus (Cheirogaleidae). Primate Conservation 2015 (29): 43–54. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Gardner, C.J. & Jasper, L.D. 2015. Discovery of an island population of dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus) on Nosy Hara, far northern Madagascar. Primates 56(4): 307–310. DOI: 10.1007/s10329-015-0479-x
Frasier, C.L., Lei, R., McLain, A.T., Taylor, J.M., Bailey, C.A., Ginter, A.L., Nash, S.D., Randriamampionona, R., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A. & Louis Jr., E.E. 2016. A New Species of Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus medius Group) from the Ankarana and Andrafiamena-Andavakoera Massifs, Madagascar. Primate Conservation 2016 (30): 59–72. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Links

Cheirogaleus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Fettschwanzmakis
English: Dwarf lemur
español: Lémures enanos
日本語: コビトキツネザル属
lietuvių: Makiai