Propithecus verreauxi

A. Grandidier, 1867

Verreaux's Sifaka

Adult, suspended in air during bipedal half-bound. Also as White Sifaka.
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Location:Madagascar, Atsimo Andrefana region (formerly part of Toliara province), Ankazoabo district, Berenty ReserveDate taken:15 September 2005Description:Adult, suspended in air during bipedal half-bound. Also as White Sifaka.

Distribution :

Madagascar: xerophytic bush zone south of Tsiribihina River.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1634

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. 1867-03. 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/2704264

Original name as described

Propithecus Verreauxi

Other common names

White Sifaka

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-580 (= MNHN:type:148) (= MNHN "22"), RMNH.MAM.39077, RMNH.MAM.39078

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-580 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39077.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39077.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39078.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39078.b

Type locality

Madagascar, Tsifanihy (N. of Cap Sainte-Marie).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000990

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: 8 names and synonyms.

Propithecus Verreauxi

A. Grandidier, 1867

Family

Indriidae

Root name

verreauxi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1867-580 (= MNHN:type:148) (= MNHN "22"), RMNH.MAM.39077, RMNH.MAM.39078

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Ces Propithèques ne se trouvent que dans les contrées arides et sablonneuses où habitent les Antandrouïs, les Mahfales, et les Antitènes.

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1867-580 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39077.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39077.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39078.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39078.b

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704264

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)
Trouessart (1904:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1913:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602697) (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)
Tattersall (1973:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
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 (2013:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18354/115572044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Propithecus Verreauxii:

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Indriidae

Root name

verreauxii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1871:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Milne-Edwards (1871:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69142)
Gray (1873:847, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65281)
Schlegel (1876:295, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Trouessart (1878:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58779)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:684, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)

Propithecus majori

W. Rothschild, 1894

Family

Indriidae

Root name

majori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.1212

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Antinosy country in south-west Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bcffc985-2eb1-4ec5-bd35-2f5aa656593e

Authority page

666

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3857941

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Propithecus verreauxi majori:

E. Schwarz, 1931

Family

Indriidae

Root name

majori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

424

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Schwarz (1931:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)
Allen (1939:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi:

E. Schwarz, 1931

Family

Indriidae

Root name

verreauxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

424

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Schwarz (1931:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)

Propithecus verreauxioïdes

Lamberton, 1936

Family

Indriidae

Root name

verreauxioides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Du gisement de Tsirave (sud de Beroroha, vallée du Mangoky)

Type locality

Madagascar: 19°52′17″S, 47°2′5″E.

Authority page

370

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52365413

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Propithecus verreauxi verraeuxi:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Indriidae

Root name

verraeuxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782643

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Propithecus verreauxoides:

Godfrey, Jungers, Simons, Chatrath, & Rakotosamimanana, 1999

Family

Indriidae

Root name

verreauxoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

33

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

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

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