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Monotypic taxon:
Family
Megaladapidae
Forsyth Major, 1893
- sportive lemurs, weasel lemurs, and koala lemurs
(mammal)
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Entity:
Lemuroidea (Superfamily)
..‡Archaeolemuridae (Family)
..Indriidae (Family) - avahi, sifakas, and indri
..Lemuridae (Family) - large lemurs
..Lepilemuridae (Family)
..‡Palaeopropithecidae (Family)
..‡Megaladapidae (Family) - sportive lemurs, weasel lemurs, and koala lemurs
....‡Megaladapis (Genus) - koala lemurs
Authorship
Original name
:
Forsyth Major, 1893.
Proc. Roy. Soc. London
54
: 178.
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:
Original spelling
:
Variants
Former rank
:
Megaladapinae
(Subfamily)
Forsyth Major, 1893
Ref:
J.G. Fleagle, 2013
: App. 1 (p. 415).
[inferred]
Incorrect spelling
:
Megalapidae
(Family)
Ref:
Texas, 1996
[inferred]
Synonyms
Accepted name (subjective)
:
Lepilemurinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1870
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Senior subjective synonym
:
Lepilemuridae
(Family)
Gray, 1870
Ref:
C.P. Groves, 2005
: 117.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
sportive lemurs, weasel lemurs, and koala lemurs
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