Lemur catta Linnaeus, 1758

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Lemur catta Linnaeus, 1758

Lemur catta Linnaeus, 1758: 30 .

COMMON NAME. — Ring-tailed Lemur .

CURRENT NAME. — Lemur catta Linnaeus, 1758 .

See Groves (2005b: 117) and Schwitzer et al. (2013: 130). COLLECTOR/S. — No data. Initially collected by Pieter Heinrich Polemann [1779-1839] and provided to the Baudin expedition at Cape Town ( Péron 1804a). See Archives nationales AI/15/592, séances du 21 germinal an 12.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Île de France ( Mauritius). COLLECTION DATE. — Before 16 December 1803.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data. One specimen was taken back to France alive on Le G é ographe after being purchased at Île de France ( Mauritius) ( Jangoux et al. 2010: 276).

COMMENTS. — The lemur was alive, one of seven specimens donated by the Dutch Government in Cape Town to François Péron, from an unknown original source ( Péron 1804a). Burkhardt (1994: 502) suggested this species may have been brought back to France alive.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — No data.