Lepilemur edwardsi

Forsyth Major in Forbes, 1894

Milne-Edwards'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

Forbes, H.O. 1894. A Hand-book to the Primates. Vol. I. W. H. Allen & Co., London, 283 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25212638

Original name as described

Lepidolemur edwardsi

Other common names

Milne-Edwards's Weasel Lemur

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1891.1.22.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/595023bb-7980-467d-807b-f6076af1bb4f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cbe78423-7377-4b8b-b39c-1dce60dbff6f

Type locality

Madagascar, Betsaka Bay, Bombetoka.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001017

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 edwardsi

Forsyth Major in Forbes, 1894

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

edwardsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.1.22.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/595023bb-7980-467d-807b-f6076af1bb4f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cbe78423-7377-4b8b-b39c-1dce60dbff6f

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25212638

Authority publication

London

Lepidolemur mustelinus rufescens

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1898

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:922

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

446

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416329

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft

Name usages

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

Lepilemur edwardsi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

edwardsi

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 (1982:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11617/115566145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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