Hapalemur aureus

Meier, Albignac, Peyriéras, Rumpler, & P. Wright, 1987

Golden Bamboo Lemur

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Location:Madagascar, Haute Matsiatra or Vatovavy region (formerly part of Fianarantsoa province), Ranomafana National ParkDate taken:4 July 2009

Distribution :

Between Namorona River and Bevoahazo Village, SE Madagascar.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2897

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Meier, B., Albignac, R., Peyriéras, A., Rumpler, Y. and Wright, P. 1987-02-14. A new species of Hapalemur (Primates) from South East Madagascar. Folia Primatologica 48(3-4):211-215.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1159/000156299

Original name as described

Hapalemur aureus

Type material

AMA PT-0998

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar, 6.25 km from the village of Ranomafana (c.21° 16' 38" S, 47° 23' 50" E).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001004

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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: 1 name and synonym.

Hapalemur aureus

Meier, Albignac, Peyriéras, Rumpler, & P. Wright, 1987

Family

Lemuridae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMA PT-0998

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Primary rain forest; paratypes were caught in a patch of a not yet identified, endemic bamboo, local name: 'Volotsangana'; latitude 21*16'38" south, longitude 47*23'50" east of Greenwich; 6.25 km, 250* from the village of Ranomafana.

Type locality

Madagascar: 21°16′38″S, 47°23′50″E.

Authority page

211

Authority publication

Folia Primatologica

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:245) (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 (2013:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9672/115564398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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