Allocebus Petter-Rousseaux and Petter 1967 (lemur)

Mammalia - Primates - Cheirogaleidae

Full reference: A. Petter-Rousseaux and J.-J. Petter. 1967. Contribution a la systematique des Cheirogalei- nae (Lemuriens malgaches). Allocebus, gen.nov., pour Cheirogaleus trichotis Gunther 1875. Mammalia 31:574-582

Parent taxon: Cheirogaleidae according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Cheirogaleus, Microcebus, Mirza, Phaner

Subtaxa: Allocebus trichotis

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Allocebus in the database

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