Avahi occidentalis
von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1898
Western 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
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/26416335Original name as described
Avahis laniger occidentalis
Other common names
Lorenz von Liburnau's Woolly Lemur · Western Avahi
Type material
NMW 4400/B3997
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
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