Avahi Jourdan 1834

Avahi Jourdan 1834, L'Institut, Paris, 2: 231.

Type Species: Lemur laniger Gmelin 1788

Synonyms: Habrocebus Wagner 1839; Iropocus Gloger 1841; Microrhynchus Jourdan 1834; Semnocebus Lesson 1840 .

Species and subspecies: 3 species:

Species Avahi laniger (Gmelin 1788)

Species Avahi occidentalis von Lorenz-Liburnau 1898

Species Avahi unicolor Thalmann and Geissmann 2000

Discussion: Lichanotus has commonly been used for this genus, but see Jenkins (1987:55). Revised in part by Thalmann and Geissmann (2000).