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Taxonomy
Lemuridae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant. Its type is Lemur.
It was assigned to Heteronychae by Gray (1821); to Quadrumana by Cope (1889); to Lemuriformes by Schwarz (1931); to Primates by Gray (1825), Bonaparte (1850) and Nowak (1991); to Lemuroidea by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Wortman (1903), Carroll (1988), Poux and Douzery (2004) and Karanth et al. (2005); and to Lemuroidea by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Heteronychae by Gray (1821); to Quadrumana by Cope (1889); to Lemuriformes by Schwarz (1931); to Primates by Gray (1825), Bonaparte (1850) and Nowak (1991); to Lemuroidea by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Wortman (1903), Carroll (1988), Poux and Douzery (2004) and Karanth et al. (2005); and to Lemuroidea by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Lemuridae Gray p. 298 |
| 1825 | Lemuridae Gray p. 338 |
| 1850 | Lemuridae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1883 | Lemuridae Flower p. 186 |
| 1889 | Lemuridae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Lemuridae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1903 | Lemuridae Wortman p. 411 |
| 1931 | Lemuridae Schwarz p. 400 |
| 1988 | Lemuridae Carroll |
| 1991 | Lemuridae Nowak |
| 2004 | Lemuridae Poux and Douzery |
| 2005 | Lemuridae Karanth et al. p. 5094 |
| 2005 | Lemuridae Wilson and Reeder |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Lemuridae Gray 1821
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G. Eulemur Simons and Rumpler 1988 [true lemur]
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Eulemur albifrons Geoffroy 1796 [white-headed lemur]
Eulemur cinereiceps Grandidier and Milne-Edwards 1890
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Invalid names: Eulemur albocollaris Rumpler 1975 [synonym]
Eulemur collaris Geoffroy 1817 [collared brown lemur]
Eulemur coronatus Gray 1842 [crowned lemur]
Eulemur flavifrons Gray 1867 [blue-eyed black lemur]
Eulemur fulvus Geoffroy 1796 [common brown lemur]
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Eulemur fulvus fulvus Geoffroy 1796 [common brown lemur]
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Invalid names: Lemur mayottensis Schlegel 1866 [synonym]
Eulemur fulvus sanfordi Archbold 1932 [Sanford's lemur]
Eulemur macaco Linnaeus 1766 [black lemur]
Eulemur mongoz Linnaeus 1766 [mongoose lemur]
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Invalid names: Lemur nigrifrons Geoffroy 1812 [synonym]
Eulemur rubriventer Geoffroy 1850 [red-bellied lemur]
Eulemur rufifrons Bennett 1833
Eulemur rufus Audebert 1799 [red lemur]
Eulemur sanfordi Archbold 1932
G. Hapalemur Geoffroy 1851
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Hapalemur alaotrensis Rumpler 1975
Hapalemur aureus Meier et al. 1987
Hapalemur griseus Link 1795
Hapalemur meridionalis Warter et al. 1987
Hapalemur occidentalis Rumpler 1975
Invalid names: Prolemur Gray 1870 [synonym]
G. Lemur Linnaeus 1758 [ring-tailed lemur]
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Lemur catta Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Catta Link 1806 [synonym], Eulemur Haeckel 1895 [nomen nudum], Maki Muirhead 1819 [synonym], Mococo Trouessart 1878 [synonym], Procebus Storr 1780 [synonym], Prosimia Brisson 1762 [synonym]
G. Varecia Gray 1863 [ruffed lemur]
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Varecia rubra Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
Varecia variegata Kerr 1792 [black-and-white ruffed lemur]
Invalid names: Chiromyina Gray 1825 [empty], Galagonina Gray 1825 [empty], Lemurinae Gray 1825 [empty], Lichanotina Gray 1825 [empty], Loridina Gray 1825 [empty], Tarsiina Bonaparte 1850 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available