Propithecus deckenii

W. C. H. Peters, 1870

Decken's Sifaka

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1870. über _Propithecus Deckenii_, eine neue Art von Halbaffen aus Madagascar. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870:421-424.

Original name as described

Propithecus Deckenii

Other common names

Von der Decken's Sifaka

Type material

ZMB 3466

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar, Kanatsy.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. coronatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. and Helgen, K. M. 2007. Craniodental Characters in the Taxonomy of Propithecus. International Journal of Primatology 28: 1363-1383.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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