Varecia variegata

(Kerr, 1792)

Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Strepsirrhini
Infraorder : Lemuriformes
Superfamily : Lemuroidea
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.

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 locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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