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 193461 10.5281/zenodo.7353122 0df816bd-0cef-463a-94c2-b03e13ea7128 1-56098-217-9 7353122 Lepilemur I. Geoffroy, 1851 . Cat. Meth. Coll. Mamm. Ois. (Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris), Primates, p. 75 . TYPE SPECIES: Lepilemur mustelinus I. Geoffroy, 1851 . SYNONYMS: Galeocebus, Lepidilemur ; Mixocebus, Peters, 1874 . COMMENTS: Revised by Petter et al. (1977:274-318) . Six of the seven species are known to be karyotypically distinct. Rumpier (1975) and Corbet and Hill (1980:83) placed this genus in a subfamily of Lemuridae . Petter and Petter (1977:6) placed it in its own family Lepilemuridae .