Eulemur cinereiceps

(A. Grandidier & Milne-Edwards, 1890)

White-collared 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

Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Mamm., 5, 147, pl. 140

Original name as described

Lemur mongoz var. cinereiceps

Other common names

Gray-headed Brown Lemur · Gray-headed Lemur · White-collared Lemur

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1882-1515

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1882-1515

Type locality

Madagascar, probably Farafangana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

includes albocollaris

Taxonomy notes citation

Johnson, S. E., Lei, R., Martin, S. K., Irwin, M. T., and Louis, E. E. 2008. Does Eulemur cinereiceps exist? Preliminary evidence from genetics and ground surveys in southeastern Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology 70: 372-385

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000992

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.

Lemur mongoz var. cinereiceps

(A. Grandidier & Milne-Edwards, 1890)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

cinereiceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1882-1515

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1882-1515

Authority page

147, pl. 140

Authority publication

Paris

Eulemur albocollaris

Groves, 2005

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albocollaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Eulemur cinereiceps

Groves, 2005

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

cinereiceps

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 (2013:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8205/115562060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lemur fulvus albocollaris

(Rumpler, 1975)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albocollaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

29

Authority publication

New York

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