Eulemur albifrons

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796)

White-fronted Brown Lemur

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1796. Mémoire sur les rapports naturels des Makis Lemur, L. et Déscription d'un nouvelle espèce de Mammifère. Magasin encyclopédique 1796(1):20-50.

Authority publication link

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k424107b/f18

Original name as described

Lemur Albifrons

Other common names

White-fronted Lemur · White-headed Brown Lemur · White-headed Lemur

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000991

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.

Prosimia albifrons

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Eulemur albifrons

Groves, 2005

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000991) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8204/182121438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lemur Albifrons

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Magasin encyclopédique

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Smith (1842:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Fitzinger (1855:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  5. Blyth (1863:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Prosimia Frederici

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

frederici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358423

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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