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 Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha 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
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 major 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: 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