Varecia

Varecia variegata

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: Varecia
Species: V. rubra – V. variegata

Name

Varecia Gray, 1863

Type species: Lemur varius É. Geoffroy

References

• Varecia 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
• Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1863: 135.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Varis
English: Ruffed lemur
français: Lémur à crinière