Lepilemur mustelinus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Weasel 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des mammifères, de la collection des oiseaux et des collections annexes. Gide et Baudry, Paris.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54184781

Original name as described

Lepilemur mustelinus

Other common names

Greater Sportive Lemur · Greater Weasel Lemur · Weasel Lemur

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2007-1552

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1552

Type locality

Madagascar, Tamatave.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001027

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.

Lepilemur mustelinus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

mustelinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1552

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1552

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54184781

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Tattersall (1973:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11620/207130315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lepidolemur mustelinus typicus

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1898

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1552

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1552

Authority page

446

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft

Mixocebus caniceps

(W. C. H. Peters, 1875)

Family

Lepilemuridae

Root name

caniceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

690

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627056

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

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