Propithecus perrieri

L. Lavauden, 1931

Perrier'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

Lavauden, L., 1931. Un nouveau Propithèque de Madagascar P. Perrieri, sp. nov. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 193: 77.

Original name as described

Propithecus perrieri

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:44857

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:44857

Type locality

Madagascar, Forest of Analamera, south-east of Diégo Suarez.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000988

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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 perrieri

L. Lavauden, 1931

Family

Indriidae

Root name

perrieri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:44857

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:44857

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18361/115573556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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