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Varecia variegata (Kerr, 1792)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom p.85

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Primates
family
Lemuridae
genus
Varecia
species
Varecia variegata

Name

Synonyms
Lemur macaco variegatus Kerr, 1792
Homonyms
Varecia variegata (Kerr, 1792)
Common names
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur in English
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur in English
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur in English
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur in English
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur in English
Lémur de collar blanco y negro in language.
Pied Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur; Northern Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (subcincta) in English
Ruffed Lemur in language.
Schwarzweil in German
Schwarzweil 3 er Vari in English
Southern Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (editorum) in English
Vari in German
Vari noir et blanc in French
Variegated Ruffed Lemur in English
Variegated Ruffed Lemur (variegata) in English
black-and-white ruffed lemur in English
variegata in English
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur in English
Lemur de Collar in Spanish
Lemur de Gola in Spanish
Lemur de Gorguera in Spanish
Lémur vari in French
Maki vari in French
Ruffed Lemur in English
Varijatsy in Malagasy

Bibliographic References

  1. Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds., 2013: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. 951.
  2. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. xxxv + 743.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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