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.

Original 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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