Lepilemur leucopus

Forsyth Major, 1894

White-footed 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

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1894-02-01. Diagnosis of a new species of the genus Lepidolemur. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)13(74):211.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19242565

Original name as described

Lepidolemur leucopus

Other common names

White-footed Weasel Lemur

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1894.1.22.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0483d9bc-3092-4bbf-a777-618c3b335c1a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9744ab5-3a8f-4e42-b0d2-c33a916145e0

Type locality

Madagascar, Fort Dauphin.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001023

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 globiceps

Forsyth Major in Forbes, 1894

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

globiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.11.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3e6e578a-d52a-48d8-a6d3-44f615f3b6e7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8bfbb5b5-6260-46fc-906e-1adc93320510

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)

Lepidolemur leucopus

Forsyth Major, 1894

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

leucopus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.1.22.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0483d9bc-3092-4bbf-a777-618c3b335c1a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9744ab5-3a8f-4e42-b0d2-c33a916145e0

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19242565

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Lepilemur leucopus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

leucopus

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, 219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11618/115566334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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