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Avahi occidentalis (western wooly lemur)

Mammalia - Primates - Indriidae

Taxonomy
Avahi laniger occidentalis was named by von Lorenz-Liburnau (1898). It is extant.

It was recombined as Avahi occidentalis by Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Avahi laniger occidentalis von Lorenz-Liburnau
2005Avahi occidentalis Wilson and Reeder

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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
genusAvahiJourdan 1834
speciesoccidentalis()

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.

Avahi occidentalis von Lorenz-Liburnau 1898 [western wooly lemur]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available