Propithecus coquereli

A. Grandidier, 1867

Coquerel's Sifaka

Front view of male, showing coloration in pectoral region
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Location:USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical GardensDate taken:1 January 1992Description:Front view of male, showing coloration in pectoral region

Distribution :

Madagascar: xerophytic bush zone south of Tsiribihina River.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1207

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, A. 1867-09. Notes sur les mammifères et les oiseaux observés à Madagascar, de 1865 à 1867. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)19:313-321.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704494

Original name as described

Propithecus Coquereli

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1854-1263 (= MNHN:type:149) (= MNHN "29")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1854-1263

Type locality

Madagascar, Morondava.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000983

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Propithecus Coquereli

A. Grandidier, 1867

Family

Indriidae

Root name

coquereli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1854-1263 (= MNHN:type:149) (= MNHN "29")

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

nord-est

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1854-1263

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704494

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Lorenz-Liburnau (1898:453, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66745)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Ganzhorn, Konstant, Glander, Tattersall, Groves, Rylands, Hapke, Ratsimbazafy, Mayor, Louis, Rumpler, Schwitzer & Rasoloarison (2008:1611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4966)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18355/115572275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Propithecus Coquerelii:

A. Milne-Edwards, 1871

Family

Indriidae

Root name

coquerelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

224

Authority publication

Revue scientifique

Name usages

Milne-Edwards (1871:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69142)
Schlegel (1876:292, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Propithecus Damonis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Indriidae

Root name

damonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1870.8.8.1

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994654

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1871:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Gray (1873:847, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65281)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Propithecus verreauxi coquereli:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Indriidae

Root name

coquereli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422817

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Schwarz (1931:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)
Allen (1939:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

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