Cheirogaleus medius

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 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 medius

Name

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

Neotype: MNHN 162, mounted skin with skull. [designated by Groves (2000: 957)]

Type locality: fixed by neotype designation to “R.Tsidsibon, western Madagascar” [=Tsiribihina River, in west-central Madagascar].

Synonyms

Chirogalus adipicaudatus A. Grandidier, 1868: 378 [synonymised by Groeneveld et al. (2009: 16)]

Holotype: not assigned.

Type locality: “Tullear [=Toliara]”, Madagascar.

Chirogalus samati A. Grandidier, 1868: 49

Holotype: MNHN 162, mounted skin with skull.

Type locality: “flumen Tsidsibon in littore occidentali Madagascar insulae.”

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.
Grandidier, A. 1868. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Chirogale, découvert sur la côte ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 20: 49–50. BHL
Grandidier, A. 1868. Sur les découvertes zoologique faites récemment à Madagascar. Annales Des Sciences Naturelles 10: 375–378. BHL
Groves, C.P. 2000. The genus Cheirogaleus: unrecognized biodiversity in dwarf lemurs. International Journal of Primatology 21(6): 943–962. DOI: 10.1023/A:1005559012637 Reference page.
Groeneveld, L.F., Weisrock, D.W., Rasoloarison, R.M., Yoder, A.D. & Kappeler, P.M. 2009. Species delimitation in lemurs: multiple genetic loci reveal low levels of species diversity in the genus Cheirogaleus. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 30. Reference page.

Links

Cheirogaleus medius 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: Mittlerer Fettschwanzmaki (Westlicher Fettschwanzmaki)
English: Lesser Dwarf Lemur, Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur
español: Lémur enano de cola gruesa
italiano: Chirogaleo medio (Chirogaleo dalla coda grossa)