Phaner furcifer

(de Blainville, 1839)

Masoala Fork-marked Lemur

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osteogr. Mamm., Primates, p. 35

Original name as described

Lemur furcifer

Other common names

Eastern Fork-marked Lemur · Masoala Fork-crowned Lemur

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2007-1544 (= MNHN Rode Cat. 140)

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://www.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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lemur furcifer

(de Blainville, 1839)

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

furcifer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1544 (= MNHN Rode Cat. 140)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

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

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Paris

Phaner furcifer

Tattersall, 1973

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

furcifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tattersall (1973:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16872/115570701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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