Cheirogaleus major

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
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Strepsirrhini
Infraordo: Lemuriformes
Superfamilia: Lemuroidea

Familia: Cheirogaleidae
Genus: Cheirogaleus
Species: Cheirogaleus major

Name

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

Neotype: MNHN 148, mounted skin and skull. [designated by Groves (2000: 957)]

Type locality: not assigned; probably either Toamasina (formerly Tamatave) or between there and Antananarivo (Goodman in litt.).

Synonyms

  • Lemur commersonii Wolf, 1822 [renaming of Cheirogaleus major É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]
  • Cheirogaleus milii É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1828: 24

Holotype: MNHN 148, mounted skin and skull.

Type locality: not assigned.

  • Cheirogaleus typicus Smith, 1833: 50

Holotype: BMNH 37.9.26.77.

Type locality: “Madagascar.”

  • Mioxicebus griseus Lesson, 1840 [renaming of Cheirogaleus major É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]
  • Cheirogaleus ravus Groves, 2000: 960 [synonymised by Groeneveld et al. (2009: 16)]

Holotype: BMNH 88.2.18.3, young adult indet., skin and skull.

Type locality: “Tamatave [=Toamasina] (about 18ºS, 14ºE),” Madagascar

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.
  • Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1828. Cours de l’Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères. Paris.
  • Smith, A. 1833. African zoology. South African Quarterly Journal 2(1): 49–64. BHL

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Großer Katzenmaki (Großer Fettschwanzmaki)
English: Greater Dwarf Lemur
español: Lemur enano mayor
italiano: Chirogaleo bruno (Chirogaleo maggiore)
Nederlands: Grote katmaki
中文: 大鼠狐猴
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