Phaner pallescens

Groves & Tattersall, 1991

Pale 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

Groves, C.P. and Tattersall, I. 1991-02-14. Geographical variation in the fork-marked lemur, _Phaner furcifer_ (Primates, Cheirogaleidae). Folia Primatologica 56(1):39-49.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1159/000156526

Original name as described

Phaner furcifer pallescens

Other common names

Pale Fork-crowned Lemur · Western Fork-marked Lemur

Type material

AMNH M-100624

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-100624

Type locality

Madagascar, Tabika (22° 10' S, 44° 15' E).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000969

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.

Phaner furcifer pallescens

Groves & Tattersall, 1991

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-100624

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-100624

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Folia Primatologica

Phaner pallescens

Groves, 2005

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16874/115571047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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