Varecia Gray 1863

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 117

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11337669
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scientific name	Varecia Gray 1863
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Varecia Gray 1863 View in CoL

Varecia Gray 1863 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863: 135.

Type Species: Lemur variegatus Kerr 1792

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Varecia rubra (E. Geoffroy 1812)

Species Varecia variegata ( Kerr 1792)

Subspecies Varecia variegata subsp. variegata Kerr 1792

Subspecies Varecia variegata subsp. editorum Osman Hill 1953

Subspecies Varecia variegata subsp. subcincta A. Smith 1833

Discussion: Separated from Lemur by J.-J. Petter (1962).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Primates
SubOrder	Strepsirrhini
InfraOrder	Lemuriformes
Family	Lemuridae

Varecia Gray 1863

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Varecia

Gray 1863: 135

1863

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