Hapalemur griseus

(Link, 1795)

Gray Bamboo Lemur

Also as Eastern Gray Bamboo Lemur|Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur|Gray Gentle Lemur|Beanamalao Bamboo Lemur|Ranomafana Bamboo Lemur.
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Location:USA, OH, Hamilton co., Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical GardensDate taken:Nov 2, 2013

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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

Link, J.H.F. 1795. Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte. Zweytes Stück. Ueber die Lebenskräfte in naturhistorischer Rücksicht, und die Classification der Säugthiere. Karl Christoph Stiller, Rostock, 126 pp.

Original name as described

Lemur griseus

Other common names

Eastern Gray Bamboo Lemur · Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur · Gray Gentle Lemur · Beanamalao Bamboo Lemur · Ranomafana Bamboo Lemur

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2007-1550 (= MNHN:type:131) (= MNHN "115") (= MNHN "119")

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

previously included H. meridionalis

Taxonomy notes citation

Fausser, J.-L., Prosper, Donati, G., Ramanamanjato, J.-B. and Rumpler, Y. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships between Hapalemur species and subspecies based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2(4):1-9. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-2-4

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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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: 14 names and synonyms.

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