Avahi cleesei
Thalmann & Geissmann, 2005
Bemaraha Woolly Lemur
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Strepsirrhini |
| Infraorder | : Lemuriformes |
| Superfamily | : Lemuroidea |
| Family | : Indriidae |
| Genus | : Avahi |
Species status
Authority citation
Thalmann, U. and Geissmann, T. 2005-11. New species of woolly lemur Avahi (Primates: Lemuriformes) in Bemaraha (central western Madagascar). American Journal of Primatology 67(3):371-376.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20191Original name as described
Avahi cleesei
Other common names
Cleese's Woolly Lemur
Type material
"Avahi male (body weight = 830 g) captured in Bemaraha on 3 October 1991." The specimen was released.
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
18° 59' S, 44° 45' E, approximately 3 km east-north-east of the village of Ambalarano, western Madagascar.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Thalmann, U. and Geissmann, T. 2005. New species of woolly lemur Avahi (primates: Lemuriformes) in Bemaraha (central western Madagascar). American Journal of Primatology 67(3): 371–376.
IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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