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Taxonomy
Varecia was named by Gray (1863). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Lemur by Schwarz (1931).
It was assigned to Lemuridae by Karanth et al. (2005) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was synonymized subjectively with Lemur by Schwarz (1931).
It was assigned to Lemuridae by Karanth et al. (2005) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Varecia Gray |
| 2005 | Varecia Karanth et al. p. 5094 |
| 2005 | Varecia 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.
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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available