Large fat-tailed gray lemur

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Large fat-tailed gray lemur
Systematics
Order : Primates (Primates)
Subordination : Wet-nose primates (Strepsirrhini)
Partial order : Lemurs (Lemuriformes)
Family : Cat lemurs (Cheirogaleidae)
Genre : Fat- tailed lemurs ( Cheirogaleus )
Type : Large fat-tailed gray lemur
Scientific name
Cheirogaleus ravus
Groves , 2000

The great fat- tailed lemur ( Cheirogaleus ravus ) is a primate species from the lemur group . The species is only known from museum specimens and was described in 2000 . Whether the shape is actually a separate species is disputed. It is possible that the great gray fat-tailed lemur is just a morph of the brown fat- tailed lemur ( Cheirogaleus major ).

Large fat-tailed gray lemurs reach a head body length of around 24 centimeters, the tail is just as long. Their fur is gray on the top and bottom, the feet and the tip of the tail are white. There is an inconspicuous eel line on the back . As with all fat-tailed lemurs , the head is rounded and the snout rather short, the dark ears are hairless.

The specimens attributed to this species come from the region around the city of Toamasina on the east coast of Madagascar , so the habitat of this species are rainforests . Otherwise nothing is known about the way of life.

The degree of risk is also unclear, the IUCN lists the species under “too little data available” ( data deficient ).

literature

  • Thomas Geissmann : Comparative Primatology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin et al. 2002, ISBN 3-540-43645-6 .
  • Nick Garbutt: Mammals of Madagascar. A Complete Guide. Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 2007, ISBN 978-0-300-12550-4 .
  • Russell A. Mittermeier , Jörg U. Ganzhorn, William R. Konstant, Kenneth Glander, Ian Tattersall , Colin P. Groves , Anthony B. Rylands, Andreas Hapke, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Mireya I. Mayor, Edward Louis jr, Yves Rumpler, Christoph Schwitzer, Rodin Rasoloarison: Lemur Diversity in Madagascar. In: International Journal of Primatology. 29, 2008, ISSN  0164-0291 , pp. 1607-1656.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Runhua Lei, Cynthia L. Frasier, Adam T. McLain, Justin M. Taylor, Carolyn A. Bailey, Shannon E. Engberg, Azure L. Ginter, Richard Randriamampionona, Colin P. Groves , Russell A. Mittermeier and Edward E. Louis Jr .: Revision of Madagascar's Dwarf Lemurs (Cheirogaleidae: Cheirogaleus ): Designation of Species, Candidate Species Status and Geographic Boundaries Based on Molecular and Morphological Data. Primate Conservation 28: 9-35. 2014, doi: 10.1896 / 052.028.0110 , page 28.

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