Varecia variegata

(Kerr, 1792)

Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur

Frontal, side and oblique view of 3 captives, Varecia variegata subcincta. Also as Pied Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur|Variegated Ruffed Lemur.
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Location:USA, NC, Durham Co., Duke Lemur Center (Duke University Primate Center)Date taken:Unknown

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 530

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664104

Original name as described

Lemur Macaco variegatus

Other common names

Pied Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur · Northern Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur · Southern Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur · Variegated Ruffed Lemur

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001011

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: 12 names and synonyms.

Lemur Macaco variegatus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

variegata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664104

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Lemur variegatus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

variegata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Elliot (1913:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  3. Schwarz (1931:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)
  4. Allen (1939:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  5. Tattersall (1973:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)

Maki vari

(Muirhead, 1819)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

vari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

405

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Muirhead (1819:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Prosimia subcincta

(A. Smith, 1833)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

subcincta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968127

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Lemur varius

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

varia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-280

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-280

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54184776

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Sclater (1872:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Varecia varia

J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

varia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681456

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1863:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
  2. Murray (1866:322, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Gray (1871:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lemur vari

(Schlegel, 1876)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

vari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

301

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895366

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Name usages

Schlegel (1876:301, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Lemur variegatus editorum

(Osman Hill, 1953)

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

editorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Varecia variegata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

variegata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

83

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves & Eaglen (1988:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5104)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Groves (1993:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  6. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  7. Mittermeier, Ganzhorn, Konstant, Glander, Tattersall, Groves, Rylands, Hapke, Ratsimbazafy, Mayor, Louis, Rumpler, Schwitzer & Rasoloarison (2008:1611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4966)
  8. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22918/115574178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Varecia variegata editorum

Groves, 2005

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

editorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Ganzhorn, Konstant, Glander, Tattersall, Groves, Rylands, Hapke, Ratsimbazafy, Mayor, Louis, Rumpler, Schwitzer & Rasoloarison (2008:1611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4966)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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