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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381372Original 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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