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Avahi (avahi)

Mammalia - Primates - Indriidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Avahi Jourdan
1834Microrhynchus Jourdan
1839Habrocebus Wagner
1840Semnocebus Lesson p. 209
1841Iropocus Gloger p. 43
1931Avahi Schwarz p. 400
2005Avahi Karanth et al. p. 5094
2005Avahi Wilson and Reeder
2008Avahi Burney et al. p. 19

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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

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. Avahi Jourdan 1834 [avahi]
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Avahi betsilio Andriantompohavana et al. 2007
Avahi cleesei Thalmann and Geissmann 2005
Avahi laniger Gmelin 1788 [eastern woolly lemur]
Avahi meridionalis Zaramody et al. 2006
Avahi mooreorum Lei et al. 2008 [Moore's woolly lemur]
Avahi occidentalis von Lorenz-Liburnau 1898 [western wooly lemur]
Avahi peyrierasi Zaramody et al. 2006
Avahi ramanantsoavani Zaramody et al. 2006
Avahi unicolor Thalmann and Geissmann 2000
Invalid names: Habrocebus Wagner 1839 [synonym], Iropocus Gloger 1841 [synonym], Microrhynchus Jourdan 1834 [replaced], Semnocebus Lesson 1840 [synonym]
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Beanka) Avahi cleesei (205190 205193)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Avahi laniger (92732)