Avahi occidentalis

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1898

Western Woolly Lemur

Also as Lorenz von Liburnau's Woolly Lemur · Western Avahi.
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Location:Madagascar, Boeny region (formerly part of Mahajanga province), Ankarafantsika National ParkDate taken:Nov 1, 2023Description : Also as Lorenz von Liburnau's Woolly Lemur · Western Avahi.

Distribution :

Madagascar: Betsiboka River north as far as Mahajamba or Sofia Rivers, perhaps to Maevarano River.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7623

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lorenz-Liburnau, L. von. 1898. Säugetiere von Madagaskar und Sansibar. Gesammelt von Dr. A. Voeltzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 21(3):441-470.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416335

Original name as described

Avahis laniger occidentalis

Other common names

Lorenz von Liburnau's Woolly Lemur · Western Avahi

Type material

NMW 4400/B 3997 (= NMW AV 1899/II/10) (= NMW "7129")

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Madagascar, Ambondrobe, NE of Bombetoka Bay (15° 38' S, 46° 24' E).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000977

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: 3 names and synonyms.

Avahis laniger occidentalis

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1898

Family

Indriidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 4400/B 3997 (= NMW AV 1899/II/10) (= NMW "7129")

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

452

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416335

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft

Name usages

Lorenz-Liburnau (1898:452, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66745)

Avahi laniger occidentalis

E. Schwarz, 1931

Family

Indriidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

427

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1931:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)
  2. Allen (1939:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Avahi occidentalis

Groves, 2005

Family

Indriidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Ganzhorn, Konstant, Glander, Tattersall, Groves, Rylands, Hapke, Ratsimbazafy, Mayor, Louis, Rumpler, Schwitzer & Rasoloarison (2008:1611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4966)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2435/182234286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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