Eulemur fulvus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796)

Brown Lemur

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Location:Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro region (formerly Toamasina province), Moramanga district, Analamazoatra National Park,Date taken:9 July 2009

Distribution :

W Madagascar from Akarafantsika north to the Sambirano, perhaps to the Tsaratanana; E Madagascar, some way northeast of Antananarivo; Mayotte (Comoro Isls).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2888

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lemuriformes
Family: Lemuridae
Genus: Eulemur

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1796. Mémoire sur les rapports naturels des Makis Lemur, L. et Déscription d'un nouvelle espèce de Mammifère. Magasin encyclopédique 1796(1):20-50.

Authority publication link

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k424107b/f18

Original name as described

Lemur Fulvus

Other common names

Common Brown Lemur

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000996

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.

Total: 10 names and synonyms.

Lemur Fulvus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Magasin encyclopédique

Name usages

Fischer (1804:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35209)
Goldfuss (1809:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Fischer (1813:566, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
Desmarest (1821:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Lesson (1827:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Trouessart (1904:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Schwarz (1931:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)
Tattersall (1973:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Prosimia macromongoz

Lesson, 1840

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

macromongoz

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

L'île de Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

226

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358417

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Lemur bruneus

Van der Hoeven, 1844

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

bruneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

[Madagascar]

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14524563

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Name usages

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

Lemur mayottensis

Schlegel, 1866

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mayottensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39054, RMNH.MAM.39055, RMNH.MAM.39056, RMNH.MAM.39057, RMNH.MAM.39058, RMNH.MAM.39059, RMNH.MAM.39060, RMNH.MAM.39061, RMNH.MAM.39062, RMNH.MAM.39063, RMNH.MAM.39064

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Mayotte

Type locality

Mayotte.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39054 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39055.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39055.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39056.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39056.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39057.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39057.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39058.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39058.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39059.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39059.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39060.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39060.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39061.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39061.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39062.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39062.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39063 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39064.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39064.b

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49109577

Authority publication

Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde

Name usages

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

Lemur fulvus mayottensis:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mayottensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422820

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Schwarz (1931:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)

Lemur fulvus fulvus:

E. Schwarz, 1931

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

411

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Schwarz (1931:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)

Lemur macaco fulvus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782637

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Lemur macaco mayottensis:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

mayottensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782637

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Petterus fulvus:

Groves & Eaglen, 1988

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

534

Authority publication

Journal of Human Evolution

Name usages

Groves & Eaglen (1988:534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5104)
Corbet & Hill (1991:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Eulemur fulvus:

Simons & Rumpler, 1988

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

550

Authority publication

Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Simons & Rumpler (1988:550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5158)
Groves (1993:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Mittermeier, Ganzhorn, Konstant, Glander, Tattersall, Groves, Rylands, Hapke, Ratsimbazafy, Mayor, Louis, Rumpler, Schwitzer & Rasoloarison (2008:1610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4966)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8207/115562499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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