Cheirogaleus major

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Greater Dwarf Lemur

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Strepsirrhini
Infraorder : Lemuriformes
Superfamily : Cheirogaleoidea
Family : Cheirogaleidae
Genus : Cheirogaleus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1812. Note sur trois dessins de Commerçon, Représentant des Quadrumanes d'un genre inconnu. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 19:171-175.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499372

Original name as described

Cheirogaleus major

Other common names

Geoffroy's Dwarf Lemur

Type material

MNHN galerie 148

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Madagascar, Fort-Dauphin (supposedly).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

includes ravus

Taxonomy notes citation

Groeneveld, L. F., D. W. Weisrock, R. M. Rasoloarison,A. D. Yoder and P. M. Kappeler. 2009. Species delimitation in lemurs: multiple genetic loci reveal low levels ofspecies diversity in the genus Cheirogaleus. BMC Evol. Biol. 9: 30. · Lei, R., Frasier, C.L., McLain, A.T., Taylor, J.M., Bailey, C.A., Shannon E. Engberg, S.E., Azure L. Ginter, A.L., Randriamampionona, R., Groves, C.P., Mittermeier, R.A. and Louis Jr., E.E. 2014. Revision of Madagascar's Dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus): designation of species, candidate species status and geographic boundaries based on molecular and morphological data. Primate Conservation 28: 9-35. · Frasier, C. L., Lei, R., McLain, A. T., Taylor, J. M., Bailey, C. A., Ginter, A. L., ... & Louis Jr, E. E. (2016). A New Species of Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus medius Group) from the Ankarana and Andrafiamena-Andavakoera Massifs, Madagascar. Primate Conservation, 30, 59-72.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000935

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cheirogaleus typicus

A. Smith, 1833

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1837.9.26.77

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a412a8b1-667c-45c3-bfbb-23c1f8b2761a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e0385c5f-3a45-4b90-9114-ad267c33e165

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968166

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Groves (2005:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cheirogaleus ravus

Groves, 2000

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

ravus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.2.18.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2a587745-5d09-435b-939e-dff90fc7cf75 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9d126e9b-46ab-4ed7-ab60-3ca5c03c41bc

Authority page

960

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Groves (2005:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lemur Commersonii

(J. Wolf, 1822)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

commersonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 148

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48419019

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Groves (2005:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Mioxicebus griseus

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 148

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

218

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358409

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Groves (2005:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cheirogaleus major

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN galerie 148

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499372

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Tattersall (1973:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Groves (2005:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  6. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #54778911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #54778911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54778911/115588708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cheirogaleus Milii

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1828

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

milii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1542 (= MNHN Gallery 148)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1542

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Groves (2005:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cebugale Commersonii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

commersonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Myspithecus typus

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Groves (2005:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Opolemur milii

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

milii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

854

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612338

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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