Lemur

Lemur catta

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 Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: 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: 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  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 29–30. Reference page. 
• 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, 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: Katta
English: Ring-tailed Lemur
français: Maki
日本語: ワオキツネザル属
Malagasy: Maky, Hira
polski: lemur
中文: 環尾狐猴