Lemur

Lemur catta

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 Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Strepsirrhini Infraordo: Lemuriformes Superfamilia: Lemuroidea

Familia: Lemuridae
Genus: Lemur
Species: L. catta

Name

Lemur Linnaeus, 1758

• Gender: masculine
• Typus: Lemur catta Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Thomas (1911: 129)
• Originally included nominal species: (1) Lemur tardigradus Linnaeus, 1758; (2) Lemur catta Linnaeus, 1758; (3) Lemur volans Linnaeus, 1758 [source: Linnaeus (1758: 29–30)]

Synonyms

• Catta Link, 1806
• Maki Muirhead, 1819
• Mococo Lesson, 1878
• Odorlemur Bolwig, 1961
• Procebus Storr, 1780
• Prosimia Boddaert, 1785.

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL pages 29–30 BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1911: The mammals of the tenth edition of Linnaeus; an attempt to fix the types of the genera and the exact bases and localities of the species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1911: 120–158. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

• Lemur 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: Katta
English: Ring-tailed Lemur
français: Maki
日本語: ワオキツネザル属
Malagasy: Maky, Hira
polski: lemur
中文: 環尾狐猴

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