Eulemur flavifrons

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Blue-eyed Black Lemur

Adult female. Formerly Eulemur macaco flavifrons, Black Lemur. Also as Sclater's Black Lemur, Sclater's Lemur.
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Location:USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical GardensDate taken:Jun 1, 2001Description:Adult female. Formerly Eulemur macaco flavifrons, Black Lemur. Also as Sclater's Black Lemur, Sclater's Lemur.

Distribution :

NW Madagascar.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3964

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1867-10. Note on a new species of variety of lemur in the Society's Gardens. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2):596.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534036

Original name as described

Prosimia flavifrons

Other common names

Sclater's Black Lemur · Sclater's Lemur

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1867.10.5.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c6346dd-e101-403e-b8d7-209f26b8fbd1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9020d632-cf65-439e-a703-2b5369c0f678

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

split from E. macaco

Taxonomy notes citation

Mittermeier, R.A., Ganzhorn, J.U., Konstant, W.R., Glander, K., Tattersall, I., Groves, C.P., Rylands, A.B., Hapke, A., Ratsimbazafy, J.H., Mayor, M.I., Louis, E.E., Rumpler, Y., Schwitzer, C. and Rasoloarison, R.M. 2008. Lemur diversity in Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology 29(6):1607-1656. doi:10.1007/s10764-008-9317-y

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000995

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.

Total: 6 names and synonyms.

Prosimia flavifrons

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

flavifrons

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1867.10.5.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c6346dd-e101-403e-b8d7-209f26b8fbd1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9020d632-cf65-439e-a703-2b5369c0f678

Authority page

596

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534036

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1871:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Lemur flavifrons

(P. L. Sclater, 1872)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

flavifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037787

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Sclater (1872:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Lemur nigerrimus

(P. L. Sclater, 1880)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

nigerrimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1882-2753 (= MNHN:type:127) (= MNHN "104a")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1882-2753

Authority page

451

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522631

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lemur macaco flavifrons

(G. M. Allen, 1939)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

flavifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782637

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Eulemur macaco flavifrons

Groves, 2005

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

flavifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Eulemur flavifrons

Mittermeier, Ganzhorn, Konstant, Glander, Tattersall, Groves, Rylands, Hapke, J. H. Ratsimbazafy, Mayor, E. E. Louis, Rumpler, Schwitzer, & Rasoloarison, 2008

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

flavifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1610

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Mittermeier, Ganzhorn, Konstant, Glander, Tattersall, Groves, Rylands, Hapke, Ratsimbazafy, Mayor, Louis, Rumpler, Schwitzer & Rasoloarison (2008:1610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4966)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8211/115563094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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