Varecia rubra (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 422-423

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a21

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5143248

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A01B3B-5C3F-FFFA-607C-F99BFE20FDAD

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scientific name

Varecia rubra (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)
status

 

Lemur ruber É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

( Figs 134-136 View FIG View FIG View FIG )

Lemur ruber É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812: 159 .

COMMON NAME. — Red Ruffed Lemur .

CURRENT NAME. — Varecia rubra (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812) View in CoL .

See Groves (2005b: 117) and Schwitzer et al. (2013: 141).

COLLECTOR/S. — Initially collected by Pieter Heinrich Polemann [1779-1839] and donated to the Baudin expedition at Cape Town ( Péron 1804a), contra Desmarest (1821: 98) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Madagascar. COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-AC-A8126 , holotype, intracranial moulding. Specimen missing.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80175 ( Fig. 134 View FIG ; two living animals), Inv. no. 80185 and 80197r ( Figs 135 View FIG ; 136 View FIG ; living animal).

COMMENTS. — Observations of its habits via notes of Péron were recorded by É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier (1824-1842: text to plate 42, Le Maki Roux Femelle).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Primates

Family

Lemuridae

Genus

Varecia

Loc

Varecia rubra (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile 2021
2021
Loc

Lemur ruber É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812: 159

E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812: 159
1812
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