Phaner pallescens

Phaner pallescens

Phaner pallescens — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lemuroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Grandordo: Euarchonta Mirordo: Primatomorpha Cladus: Pan-Primates Ordo: Primates Subordo: Strepsirrhini Infraordo: Lemuriformes Superfamilia: Lemuroidea

Familia: Cheirogaleidae
Genus: Phaner
Species: Phaner pallescens

Name

Phaner pallescens Groves & Tattersall, 1991

• Holotype: AMNH M-100624, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by A.L. Rand on 11 November 1929.
• Type locality: “Tabiky (Tabika, 22°10'S, 44°15'E), approximately 20 km NW of Ankazoabo, western Madagascar”.

Combinations

• Phaner furcifer pallescens Groves & Tattersall, 1991: 47 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Phaner pallescens: Groves, 2001 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Groves, C.P. & Tattersall, I. 1991. Geographical variation in the fork-marked lemur, Phaner furcifer (Primates, Cheirogaleidae). Folia Primatologica 56(1): 39–49. DOI: 10.1159/000156526 Reference page. 
• Groves, C.P. 2001. Primate taxonomy. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 1-56098-872-X Reference page. 

Links

• Borgerson, C. 2020. IUCN: Phaner pallescens  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T16874A115571047. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T16874A115571047.en. Accessed on 23 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Westlicher Gabelstreifenmaki
• English: Pale Fork-crowned Lemur
• français: Lémurien à fourche occidental hu=Nyugati villásan csíkos macskamaki
• italiano: Valuvi pallido (Valuvi occidentale)
• lietuvių: Blyškusis šakotajuostis lemūras
• Nederlands: Vorkstaartmaki