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--> SUPERFAMILY Lemuroidea
--> FAMILY Indridae
--> GENUS Avahi
SPECIES Avahi laniger
Author: | Gmelin, 1788. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1: 44. | Common Name: | Eastern Woolly Lemur | Type Locality: | Madagascar. | Distribution: | E coast and Ankarafantsika Dist. in NW Madagascar. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Rumpler et al. (1990) suggested that occidentalis may be a distinct species. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
avahi (van der Hoeven, 1844) lanatus (Wagner, 1840) longicaudatus (E. Geoffroy, 1796) orientalis (von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1898)
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