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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PRIMATES
--> SUBORDER STREPSIRRHINI
--> INFRAORDER LEMURIFORMES
--> SUPERFAMILY Lemuroidea
--> FAMILY Lemuridae
--> GENUS Prolemur
SPECIES Prolemur simus
| Author: | Gray, 1871. | | Citation: | Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, Fruit-eating Bats Brit. Mus.: 133. | | Common Name: | Greater Bamboo Lemur | | Type Locality: | Madagascar. | | Distribution: | Madagascar: confined to Ranomafana district; in historic times occurred around Bay of Antongil. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Critically Endangered as Hapalemur simus. | | Comments: | Includes H. gallieni Standing, 1905 (see Vuillaume-Randriamanantena et al., 1985). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
gallieni (Standing, 1905)
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