INDRIIDAE, Burnett, 1828

Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Indriidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 142-175 : 142

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6709103
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6708789
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D328790-5C42-FFFD-AF92-FD8D82A0FA71
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scientific name	INDRIIDAE
status

Treatment

Family INDRIIDAE View in CoL (WOOLLY LEMURS, SIFAKAS AND INDRI)

• Medium-sized to large prosimians with elongated, powerful hindlimbs, short, broad snout, large eyes, elongated hands and feet with nails, and small ears largely concealed by fur and long tail (except for Indri ).

• 50-110 cm. View Figure

• Madagascar. View Figure

• Tropical humid, dry, lowland, and montane forests.

• 3 genera, 19 species, 19 taxa.

• 2 species Critically Endangered, 8 species Endangered, 2 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.

Figures

• 50-110 cm.

• Madagascar.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Primates
SubOrder	Strepsirrhini
InfraOrder	Llemuriformes
Family	Indriidae

Specimens