Phaner furcifer

(de Blainville, 1839)

Masoala Fork-marked Lemur

Same as 5249 and 5259. Mixed with Microcebus murinus and Galago senegalensis. Also as Eastern Fork-marked Lemur|Masoala Fork-crowned Lemur.
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Location: France, Paris, Paris ZooDate taken: Sep 8, 1994

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5251

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1839-11-23. Ostéographie des primatès. Makis (Lemur). Pp. 1–48 in Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1839-1840. Ostéographie ou description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des mammifères recents et fossiles pour servir de la base à la zoologie et à la géologie. Tome Premier. Primatès – Secundatès. J. B. Baillière et Fils, Paris.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991039

Original name as described

Lemur furcifer

Other common names

Eastern Fork-marked Lemur · Masoala Fork-crowned Lemur

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2007-1544 (= MNHN:type:140) (= MNHN "136")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1544

Type locality

Madagascar, Bay of Antongil.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000968

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.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Lemur furcifer

(de Blainville, 1839)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

furcifer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1544 (= MNHN:type:140) (= MNHN "136")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1544

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991039

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

Blainville (1839:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37120)

Lepilemur furcifer

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

furcifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681465

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1863:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
  2. Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Gray (1871:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Microcebus furcifer

(Mivart, 1865)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

furcifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

642

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500985

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Mivart (1865:642, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36803)
  2. Trouessart (1904:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Elliot (1913:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Phaner furcifer

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

furcifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132, 135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994649 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994652

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1871:132, 135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994649, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  2. Gray (1871:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994649, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  3. Schlegel (1876:319, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
  4. Schwarz (1931:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)
  5. Allen (1939:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  6. Tattersall (1973:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1991:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  10. Groves (1993:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  11. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  12. Mittermeier, Ganzhorn, Konstant, Glander, Tattersall, Groves, Rylands, Hapke, Ratsimbazafy, Mayor, Louis, Rumpler, Schwitzer & Rasoloarison (2008:1610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4966)
  13. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16872/115570701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chirogaleus furcifer

(W. H. Flower & Lydekker, 1891)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

furcifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

690

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965905

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Flower & Lydekker (1891:690, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)

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