Order Primates
Author
Colin P. Groves
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
243
277
book chapter
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Avahi laniger
(Gmelin, 1788)
.
Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1:44
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Madagascar
.
DISTRIBUTION: E coast and Ankarafantsika Dist. in NW
Madagascar
.
STATUS: CITES - Appendix I;
U.S.
ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Vulnerable.
SYNONYMS:
awahi,
lanatus
,
longicaudatus
,
occidentalis
,
orientalis
.
COMMENTS: Rumpier et al. (1990) suggested that
occidentalis
may be a distinct species.