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GENUS Avahi

Author:Jourdan, 1834.
Citation:L'Institute, Paris, 2: 231.
Type Species:Lemur laniger Gmelin, 1788.
Comments:Lichanotus has commonly been used for this genus, but see Jenkins (1987:55). Revised in part by Thalmann and Geissmann (2000).
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Offspring:

SPECIES laniger

SPECIES occidentalis

SPECIES unicolor

Synonyms:

    Habrocebus Wagner, 1839
    Iropocus Gloger, 1841
    Microrhynchus Jourdan, 1834
    Semnocebus Lesson, 1840

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