Avahi ramanantsoavani

Zaramody, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Andriaholinirina, Rabarivola, Norscia, Tattersall, & Rumpler, 2006

Manombo 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

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 ramanantsoavani

Other common names

Ramanantsoavana's Southern Woolly Lemur · Ramanantsoavana's Woolly Lemur

Type material

ULPS (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Madagascar, Reserve of Manombo (approx. 47° 41' E, 23° 01' S), Fianarantsoa Province.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described as a subspecies of A. meridionalis, but has been split from that species; sometimes spelt 'ramanantsoavanai', but this is an error, as the original spelling is 'ramanantsoavani'

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. · Andriantompohavana, R., Lei, R., Zaonarivelo, J., Engberg, S., Nalanirina, G., McGuire, S., Shore, G., Andrianasolo, J., Herrington, K., Brenneman, R. and Louis, E. 2007. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the woolly lemurs, genus Avahi (primates: Lemuriformes). Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 51: 1-60.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000979

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Avahi meridionalis ramanantsoavani

Zaramody, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Andriaholinirina, Rabarivola, Norscia, Tattersall, & Rumpler, 2006

Family

Indriidae

Root name

ramanantsoavani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ULPS (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Primate Report

Avahi ramanantsoavani

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Indriidae

Root name

ramanantsoavani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000979

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Avahi ramanantsoavana

Andriantompohavana, Lei Runhua, Zaonarivelo, Engberg, Nalanirina, McGuire, Shore, Andrianasolo, Herrington, Brenneman, & E. E. Louis, 2007

Family

Indriidae

Root name

ramanantsoavana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55024949

Authority publication

Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University

Avahi ramanantsoavanai

Markolf, Brameier, & Kappeler, 2011

Family

Indriidae

Root name

ramanantsoavanai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

4

Authority publication

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136434/115583017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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