Propithecus diadema

E. T. Bennett, 1832

Diademed 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

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1832, 20

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861618

Original name as described

Propithecus diadema

Other common names

Diademed Simpona

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.58

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/19ae4b7f-858f-4e2a-a756-05c8597d51c1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc10bfa9-a117-46b7-bdba-91c72e82f5e8

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. candidus

Taxonomy notes citation

Mayor, M. I., Sommer, J. A., Houck, M. L., Zaonarivelo, J. R., Wright, P. C., Ingram, C., Engel, S. R. and Louis, E. E. 2004. Specific status of Propithecus spp. International Journal of Primatology 25: 875-900. · 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000986

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.

Propithecus diadema

E. T. Bennett, 1832

Family

Indriidae

Root name

diadema

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.58

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/19ae4b7f-858f-4e2a-a756-05c8597d51c1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc10bfa9-a117-46b7-bdba-91c72e82f5e8

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861618

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Tattersall (1973:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  6. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18358/115572884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Propithecus diadema diadema

Groves, 2005

Family

Indriidae

Root name

diadema

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Macromerus typicus

(A. Smith, 1833)

Family

Indriidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968165

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Indris albus

(Vinson, 1862)

Family

Indriidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

829

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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