Mirza coquereli

(A. Grandidier, 1867)

Coquerel's Giant Mouse Lemur

Also as Giant Mouse Lemur, Southern Giant Mouse Lemur.
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Location:Madagascar, Menabe region (formerly part of Toliara province), Kirindy Private ReserveDate taken:20 June 2009Description:Also as Giant Mouse Lemur, Southern Giant Mouse Lemur.

Distribution :

W Madagascar.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2867

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, A. 1867-03. Mammifres et Oiseaux nouveaux découverts à Madagascar et décrits par M. Alfred Grandidier. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)19:84-88.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704265

Original name as described

Cheirogalus Coquereli

Other common names

Giant Mouse Lemur · Southern Giant Mouse Lemur

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-586 (= MNHN:type:139a) (= MNHN "147"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-603 (= MNHN:type:139b) (= MNHN "146"), RMNH.MAM.39377

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-586 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-603 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39377.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39377.b

Type locality

Madagascar, Morondava.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000965

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Cheirogalus Coquereli

A. Grandidier, 1867

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

coquereli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-586 (= MNHN:type:139a) (= MNHN "147"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-603 (= MNHN:type:139b) (= MNHN "146"), RMNH.MAM.39377

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Je les ai trouvés à Morondova.

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-586 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-603 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39377.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39377.b

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704265

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Mirza Coquerelii:

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

coquerelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

131, 136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994648 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994653

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1871:131, 136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994648, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Gray (1871:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Schlegel (1876:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Hapalemur Coquerelii:

Trouessart, 1878

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

coquerelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975448

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Trouessart (1878:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58779)

Chirogaleus coquereli:

P. L. Sclater, 1883

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

coquereli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

631

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28679055

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Sclater (1883:631, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28679055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68973)

Microcebus coquereli:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

coquereli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422821

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Schwarz (1931:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)
Allen (1939:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Tattersall (1973:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
Corbet & Hill (1980:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Groves (1993:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)

Mirza coquereli:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Root name

coquereli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (2005:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
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 (2013:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13584/115567718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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