Lepilemur dorsalis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Gray's Sportive Lemur

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Strepsirrhini
Infraorder : Lemuriformes
Superfamily : Lemuroidea
Family : Lepilemuridae
Genus : Lepilemur

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1871-01-14. Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British Museum. Printed by Order of the Trustees, British Museum Catalogue, 137 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994652

Original name as described

Lepilemur dorsalis

Other common names

Back-striped Sportive Lemur · Gray-backed Sportive Lemur · Mittermeier's Sportive Lemur

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1868.9.7.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9a7f3f3d-1c16-429d-9d4f-be152333c26c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a9e1a50c-a38d-4730-ba39-3fd1ed9553d7

Type locality

NW Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

includes the recently described mittermeieri

Taxonomy notes citation

Rabarivola, C., Zaramody, A., Fausser, J. L., Andriaholinirina, N., Roos, C., Zinner, D., ... & Rumpler, Y. (2006). Cytogenetic and molecular characteristics of a new species of sportive lemur from Northern Madagascar. Lemur News, 11(11), 45-49. · Roos, C., Miguez, R. P., Sabin, R., Louis Jr., E. E., Hofreiter, M., & Zinner, D. (2021). Mitogenomes of historical type specimens unravel the taxonomy of sportive lemurs (Lepilemur spp.) in Northwest Madagascar. Zoological Research, 42(4), 428-432.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001016

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.

Lepidolemur grandidieri

Forsyth Major in Forbes, 1894

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

grandidieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1868.9.7.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/143bc265-6068-442a-895f-39bb4f95723e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/44aa2a5e-50b9-43d3-bab1-6a112d54a215 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bbbc1fed-d071-4d08-bc2f-7bd071e237b9

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25212640

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Lepilemur dorsalis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

dorsalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1868.9.7.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9a7f3f3d-1c16-429d-9d4f-be152333c26c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a9e1a50c-a38d-4730-ba39-3fd1ed9553d7

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994652

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/210368667/210368927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepilemur mittermeieri

Rabarivola, Zaramody, Fausser, Andriaholinirina, Roos, Zinner, Marcel, & Rumpler, 2006

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

mittermeieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ULPS Lamp1, ULPS Lamp2, ULPS Lamp3

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Lemur News

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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