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Propithecus  Bennett, 1832
Taxonomic Serial No.: 572795

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Macromerus A. Smith, 1833
  
  Common Name(s): sifakas [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  
                                           FamilyIndriidae Burnett, 1828 – woolly lemurs, sifakas, indri  
                                              GenusPropithecus Bennett, 1832 – sifakas  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 SpeciesPropithecus candidus Grandidier, 1871 – Silky Sifaka 
                                                 SpeciesPropithecus coquereli (Grandidier, 1867) – Coquerel's Sifaka 
                                                 SpeciesPropithecus coronatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1871 – Crowned Sifaka 
                                                 SpeciesPropithecus deckenii Peters, 1870 – Van der Decken's Sifaka, Decken's Sifaka 
                                                 SpeciesPropithecus diadema Bennett, 1832 – Diademed Sifaka 
                                                 SpeciesPropithecus edwardsi Grandidier, 1871 – Milne-Edwards' Sifaka, Milne-Edwards's Sifaka 
                                                 SpeciesPropithecus perrieri Lavauden, 1931 – Perrier's Sifaka 
                                                 SpeciesPropithecus tattersalli Simons, 1988 – Tattersall's Sifaka, Golden-crowned Sifaka 
                                                 SpeciesPropithecus verreauxi Grandidier, 1867 – Verreaux's Sifaka 
       

 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: Propithecus    
       
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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: Propithecus, sifakas [English]   
       
  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: Propithecus   
       
  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: Propithecus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Revised by Groves (2001c)  
 

 

    


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