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Indri indri (indri)

Mammalia - Primates - Indriidae

Taxonomy
Lemur indri was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pithelemur indri by Lesson (1840); it was recombined as Lichanotus indri by Owen (1853); it was recombined as Indri indri by Quinn and Wilson (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Lemur indri Gmelin
1796Indri brevicaudatus Geoffroy p. 46
1799Indri niger Lacépède p. 5
1825Indris ater Geoffroy p. 534
1840Pithelemur indri Lesson p. 208
1853Lichanotus indri Owen p. 717
1867Indris brevicaudatus Mivart p. 421
1871Lichanotus mitratus Peters p. 360
1872Indris variegatus Gray p. 474
2002Indri indri Quinn and Wilson p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderLemuriformesGregory 1915
superfamilyLemuroidea(Mivart 1864)
familyIndriidaeBurnett 1828
genusIndriGeoffroy and Cuvier 1796
speciesindri(Gmelin 1788)

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.

Indri indri Gmelin 1788 [indri]
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Invalid names: Indri brevicaudatus Geoffroy 1796 [synonym], Indri niger Lacépède 1799 [synonym], Indris variegatus Gray 1872 [synonym], Lichanotus mitratus Peters 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: folivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:53:54
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:53:54
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999
Collections
No collection or age range data are available