Cheirogaleus thomasi

(Forsyth Major, 1894)

Thomas's 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

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1894-01. Über die Malagassischen Lemuriden-Gattungen Microcebus, Opolemur, und Chirogale. Novitates Zoologicae 1:2-39.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3857273

Original name as described

Opolemur thomasi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1891.11.30.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/950bc155-6940-4edc-b664-f4e830e36395 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95b913b8-a8cf-4dc6-b031-c6d26d952e6a

Type locality

Fort Dauphin, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

previously known as adipicaudatus, which is now a synonym of C. medius

Taxonomy notes citation

Lei, R., Frasier, C. L., McLain, A. T., Taylor, J. M., Bailey, C. A., Engberg, S. E., ... & Jr, E. E. L. (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.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000939

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.

Opolemur thomasi

(Forsyth Major, 1894)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.11.30.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/950bc155-6940-4edc-b664-f4e830e36395 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95b913b8-a8cf-4dc6-b031-c6d26d952e6a

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3857273

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Groves (2005:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cheirogaleus thomasi

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #100000437

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163022885/163312222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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