Eulemur mongoz

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Mongoose 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

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946240

Original name as described

Lemur Mongoz

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Comoros, Anjouan Island.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000998

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 anjuanensis

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

anjuanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4246

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4246

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499359

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Lemur albimanus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4248

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4248

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499358

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Smith (1842:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lemur Mongoz

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongoz

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946240

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Lesson (1827:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Smith (1842:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  5. Tattersall (1973:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Lemur mongous

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Prosimia albimana

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albimana

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)

Prosimia Brissonii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

brissonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

10

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)

Prosimia mongoz

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongoz

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 mongoz

Groves, 2005

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongoz

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 (2013:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8202/115561431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lemur Simia-Sciurus

(von Schreber, 1774)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

simiasciurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060074

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lemur mongos

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637183

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Simia sciurus

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

sciurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497841

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Lemur nigrifrons

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

nigrifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499358

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

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. Blyth (1863:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Maki mongous

(Muirhead, 1819)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongous

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

405

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Prosimia Mongooz

(A. Smith, 1833)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongooz

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968125

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Dubius

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1834)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

dubius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notpublishedwithageneric_name

Authority page

pl. 93 (p. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518210

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Prosimia Brissonnii

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

brissonnii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

230

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358421

Authority publication

Paris

Prosimia bugi

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

bugi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358418

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)

Prosimia micromongoz

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

micromongoz

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

226

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358417

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)

Prosimia ocularis

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

ocularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358422

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)

Lemur Noussardii

(Boitard, 1841)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

noussardii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16650119

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Lemur dubius

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

dubius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Lemur Cuvieri

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

646

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705093

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Propithecus Brissonianus

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

brissonianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994592

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Lemur mongoz johannae

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

johannae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422819

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Lemur mongos

(D. G. Elliot, 1907)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mongos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · subsequent_usage

Authority page

544

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36209124

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

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