Eulemur albifrons

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796)

White-fronted Brown Lemur

Adult male. Also as White-fronted Lemur, White-headed Brown Lemur, White-headed Lemur.
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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., San Diego ZooDate taken:5 December 1970Description:Adult male. Also as White-fronted Lemur, White-headed Brown Lemur, White-headed Lemur.

Distribution :

N Madagascar, except extreme south; Mayotte (Comoro Isls).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4228

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

Original name as described

Lemur Albifrons

Other common names

White-fronted Lemur · White-headed Brown Lemur · White-headed 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/1000991

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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.

Lemur Albifrons

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Magasin encyclopédique

Name usages

Audebert (1800:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948907) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68278)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Fischer (1804:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35209)
Goldfuss (1809:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Desmarest (1821:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523864) (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 (1829:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
Smith (1842:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Fitzinger (1855:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
Blyth (1863:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Sclater (1872:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Schlegel (1876:310, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Trouessart (1878:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58779)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:689, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
Elliot (1913:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Maki albifrons:

Muirhead, 1819

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

405

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Prosimia Frederici

Lesson, 1840

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

frederici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358423

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Prosimia albifrons:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Gray (1863:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41287)
Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1871:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Lemur fulvus albifrons:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albifrons

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 (1931:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)

Lemur mongos albifrons:

D. G. Elliot, 1907

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

544

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36209124

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Elliot (1907:544, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36209124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35101)

Lemur macaco albifrons:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

126

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782636

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Eulemur albifrons:

Groves, 2005

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005) (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 (2013:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000991) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8204/182121438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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