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Eulemur  Simons and Rumpler, 1988
Taxonomic Serial No.: 572788

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Petterus Groves and Eaglen, 1988
  
  Common Name(s): true lemurs [English]
  
    brown lemurs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758 – homem, macaco, primata, sagui, primates, primates  
                                  SuborderStrepsirrhini É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812  
                                     InfraorderLemuriformes Gray, 1821  
                                        SuperfamilyLemuroidea Gray, 1821  
                                           FamilyLemuridae Gray, 1821 – bamboo lemurs, true lemurs, ruffed lemurs  
                                              GenusEulemur Simons and Rumpler, 1988 – true lemurs, brown lemurs  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Eulemur albifrons (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796) – White-fronted Brown Lemur, White-headed Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur cinereiceps (A. Grandidier and A. Milne-Edwards, 1890) – White-collared Brown Lemur, Gray-headed Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur collaris (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812) – Red-collared Lemur, Red-collared Brown Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur coronatus (Gray, 1842) – Crowned Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur flavifrons (Gray, 1867) – Blue-eyed Black Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur fulvus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796) – Brown Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur macaco (Linnaeus, 1766) – Black Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur mongoz (Linnaeus, 1766) – Mongoose Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur rubriventer (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1850) – Red-bellied Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur rufifrons (Bennett, 1833) – Red-fronted Brown Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur rufus (Audebert, 1799) – Rufous Brown Lemur, Red-fronted Lemur 
                                                 Species Eulemur sanfordi (Archbold, 1932) – Sanford's Lemur, Sanford's Brown Lemur 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Colin P. Groves  
  Notes: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia   
  Reference for: Eulemur    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates   
  Page(s): 951   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788496553897   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eulemur   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Eulemur   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1   
  Page(s): xxxv + 743   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eulemur   
       

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