Lemur

Lemur catta

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: Lemuridae
Genus: Lemur
Species: L. catta

Name

• Lemur Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: 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

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp : pages 29–30. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.542
• 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
• Lemur in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

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