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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664103Original 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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