Lepilemur I. Geoffroy 1851

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Lepilemur I. Geoffroy 1851

Lepilemur I. Geoffroy 1851 , Cat. Meth. Coll. Mamm. Ois. (Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris), Primates : 75.

Type Species: Lepilemur mustelinus I. Geoffroy 1851

Synonyms: Galeocebus Wagner 1855 ; Lepidilemur Giebel 1859 ; Mixocebus Peters 1874 .

Species and subspecies: 8 species:

Species Lepilemur ankaranensis Rumpler and Albignac 1975

Species Lepilemur dorsalis Gray 1870

Species Lepilemur edwardsi Forbes 1894

Species Lepilemur leucopus Major 1894

Species Lepilemur microdon Forsyth Major 1894

Species Lepilemur mustelinus I. Geoffroy 1851

Species Lepilemur ruficaudatus A. Grandidier 1867

Species Lepilemur septentrionalis Rumpler and Albignac 1975

Discussion: Revised by Petter et al. (1977:274-318). Six of the seven species are known to be karyotypically distinct. Rumpler (1975) and Corbet and Hill (1980:83) placed this genus in a subfamily of Lemuridae . Petter and Petter (1977:6) placed it in its own family Lepilemuridae . Yoder et al. (1999) considered that Lepilemur is probably not, in fact, a member of the Megaladapidae , which is based on a subfossil genus.