Eulemur

Eulemur mongoz

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: Lemuridae
Genus: Eulemur
Species (12): E. albifrons – E. cinereiceps – E. collaris – E. coronatus – E. flavifrons – E. fulvus – E. macaco – E. mongoz – E. rubriventer – E. rufifrons – E. rufus – E. sanfordi

Name

Eulemur Simons & Rumpler, 1988: 550

• Type species: Lemur mongoz Linnaeus, 1766, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Petterus Groves & Eaglen, 1988: 533
  • Type species: Lemur fulvus É. Geoffroy, 1796, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Simons, E.L. & Rumpler, Y. 1988. Eulemur: New generic name for species of Lemur other than Lemur catta. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série III 307(9): 547–551. BnF Gallica Reference page. 
• Groves, C.P. & Eaglen, R.H. 1988. Systematics of the Lemuridae (Primates, Strepsirhini). Journal of Human Evolution 17(5): 513–538. DOI: 10.1016/0047-2484(88)90040-1 Reference page. 
• Tattersall, I. & Koopman, K. 1989. A further note on nomenclature in Lemuridae. Journal of Human Evolution 18(5): 499–500. DOI: 10.1016/0047-2484(89)90079-1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Markolf, M., Rakotonirina, H., Fichtel, C., Grumbkow, P., Brameier, M. & Kappeler, P.M. 2013. True lemurs…true species - species delimitation using multiple data sources in the brown lemur complex. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 233. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-233 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Große Makis
English: Brown Lemurs
日本語: キツネザル属
Nederlands: Echte maki's

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