Eulemur sanfordi

(Archbold, 1932)

Sanford's 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

Archbold, R. 1932-03-26. A new lemur from Madagascar. American Museum Novitates 518:1.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170081

Original name as described

Lemur fulvus sanfordi

Other common names

Sanford's Lemur

Type material

AMNH M-100585

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-100585

Type locality

Madagascar, Montagne d'Ambre.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001002

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 fulvus sanfordi

(Archbold, 1932)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

sanfordi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-100585

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-100585

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Eulemur sanfordi

Groves, 2005

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

sanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001002) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8210/182235685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eulemur fulvus sanfordi

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

sanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

111

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Lemur sanfordi

(Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

sanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

134

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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