Avahi meridionalis
Zaramody, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Andriaholinirina, Rabarivola, Norscia, Tattersall, & Rumpler, 2006
Southern 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
Zaramody, A., Fausser, J.-L., Roos, C., Zinner, D., Andriaholinirina, N.V., Rabarivola, C.J., Norscia, I., Tattersall, I. and Rumpler, Y. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the eastern woolly lemurs (_Avahi laniger_). Primate Report 74:9-23.
Original name as described
Avahi meridionalis
Other common names
Southern Avahi
Type material
ULPS (number not known)
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
Madagascar, Sainte-Luce (approx. 47° 11' E, 24° 47' S), Toliara Province.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
recently described; previously included A. ramanantsoavanai
Taxonomy notes citation
Zaramody, A., Fausser, J.-L., Roos, C., Zinner, D., Andriaholinirina, N., Rabarivola, C., Norscia, I., Tattersall, I. and Rumpler, Y. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the eastern woolly lemurs (Avahi laniger). Primate Report 74: 9–23.
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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