Varecia variegata (Kerr, 1792)

Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 243-277 : 245

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353122

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7280418

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scientific name

Varecia variegata (Kerr, 1792)
status

 

Varecia variegata (Kerr, 1792) View in CoL . In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, p. 85.

TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar .

DISTRIBUTION: East coast of Madagascar, to 19°S latitude.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: editorum, erythromela , ruber , subcinctus, vari , varius .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Primates

Family

Lemuridae

Genus

Varecia