Eulemur rubriventer

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851)

Red-bellied Lemur

Side view of male
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Location:France, Alsace, Mulhouse ZooDate taken:1 January 1988Description:Side view of male

Distribution :

E Madagascar, from Tsaratanana Mtns to Ivohibé

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1003

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, I. 1851. Note sur plusieurs espèces nouvelles de Mammifères, de l'ordre des Primates. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 31:873-876.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1224798

Original name as described

Lemur rubriventer

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4250 (= MNHN:type:123a) (= MNHN "1834-88") (= MNHN "64")

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4250

Type locality

Madagascar, Tamatave.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000999

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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: 7 names and synonyms.

Lemur flaviventer

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

flaviventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN "67"

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

De Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4251 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4253 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-276

Authority page

876

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1224798

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

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

Lemur rubriventer

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

rubriventer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1993-4250 (= MNHN:type:123a) (= MNHN "1834-88") (= MNHN "64")

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

De Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1993-4250

Authority page

876

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1224798

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Schlegel (1876:311, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
Trouessart (1878:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58779)
Trouessart (1904:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1907:544, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36209124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35101)
Elliot (1913:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
Schwarz (1931:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14220)
Allen (1939:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Tattersall (1973:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
Corbet & Hill (1980:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Prosimia rubriventer:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

rubriventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

323

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Prosimia rufipes

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

rufipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1870.5.5.35

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b111fa2e-a959-4286-9ed6-b0f558d165b4 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c882dbeb-82ba-4141-9ff0-372ff285060f

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25119447

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lemur rufiventer:

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

rufiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994591

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Petterus rubriventer:

Groves & Eaglen, 1988

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

rubriventer

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 rubriventer:

Simons & Rumpler, 1988

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

rubriventer

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)
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 (2013:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8203/189740044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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