Avahi

Avahi laniger

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lemuroidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Placentalia Ordo: Primates Subordo: Strepsirrhini Infraordo: Lemuriformes Superfamilia: Lemuroidea

Familia: Indriidae
Genus: Avahi
Species: A. betsileo - A. cleesei - A. laniger - A. meridionalis - A. mooreorum - A. occidentalis - A. peyrierasi - A. ramanantsoavana - A. unicolor

Name

Avahi Jourdan, 1834

Type species: Lemur laniger Gmelin, 1788

Synonyms

• Habrocebus Wagner, 1839
• Iropocus Gloger, 1841
• Microrhynchus Jourdan, 1834 (Junior synonym of Microrhynchus Megerle, 1823)
• Semnocebus Lesson, 1840

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wollmakis
English: Woolly Lemur

References

• Avahi in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• L'Institute, Paris 2: 231.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus