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Cheirogaleus

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Description

The dwarf lemurs are the lemurs of the genus Cheirogaleus. All of the species in this genus, like all other lemurs, are native to Madagascar.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheirogaleus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2436450	https://www.gbif.org/species/2436450
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	143022	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=143022

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : Cheirogaleus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Primates	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Strepsirrhini	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorder	Lemuriformes	Gregory 1915
superfamily	Lemuroidea
family	Cheirogaleidae	Gray 1873
genus	Cheirogaleus	E.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812

Common Name

dwarf lemur

Scientific Name

Cheirogaleus E.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Name Published In

Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris vol.19 p.172

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cheirogaleus	genus	belongs to Galagonina	stated without evidence	Gray, 1825
Cheirogaleus	genus	belongs to Cheirogaleinae	stated with evidence	Schwarz, 1931
Cheirogaleus	genus	belongs to Cheirogaleidae	stated without evidence	Wilson and Reeder, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

10 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Mammalia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Cheirogaleidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. E. Gray. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:337-344

Common Name(s)

Dwarf Lemur, Dwarf Lemurs

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheirogaleus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cheirogaleus andysabini species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cheirogaleus crossleyi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cheirogaleus lavasoensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cheirogaleus major species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cheirogaleus medius species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur	6	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Cheirogaleus minusculus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cheirogaleus shethi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cheirogaleus sibreei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cheirogaleus smithii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheirogaleus thomasi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cobugale Dahlbom, 1857	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Cobugale*
Mioxocebus Lesson, 1840	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Mioxocebus*
Chirogaleus Oken, 1816	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Chirogaleus*
Chirogalus Grandidier, 1867	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Chirogalus*
Cebogale Agassiz, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Cebogale*
Altililemur Elliot, 1913	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Altililemur*
Myspithecus F.Cuvier, 1842	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Myspithecus*
Cheirogallus Gray, 1825	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Cheirogallus*
Cebugale Lesson, 1840	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Cebugale*
Opolemur Gray, 1873	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Opolemur*
Cheirogallus Geoffroy, 1812	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Cheirogallus*
Chirogale Gloger, 1841	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Cheirogaleidae : *Chirogale*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1812	Cheirogaleus Geoffroy p. 338
1825	Cheirogallus Gray p. 338
1840	Cebugale Lesson p. 207
1840	Mioxicebus Lesson p. 207
1842	Myspithecus Cuvier p. 2
1872	Opolemur Gray p. 853

Year	Name and Author
1913	Altililemur Elliot p. 111
1931	Cheirogaleus Schwarz p. 400
2005	Cheirogaleus Karanth et al. p. 5094
2005	Cheirogaleus Wilson and Reeder
2008	Cheirogaleus Burney et al. p. 19

References

Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344

Schwarz E. (1931) A revision of the genera and species of Madagascar Lemuridae, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 101 2, 399-428

Karanth K. P., Delefosse T., et al (2005) Ancient DNA from giant extinct lemurs confirms single origin of Malagasy primates, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 14, 5090-5095

Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (2005) , Mammal species of the world : a taxonomic and geographic reference, 1-2142

Burney D. A., Vasey N., et al (2008) New findings at Andrahomana Cave, southeastern Madagascar, Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 70 1, 13-24

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. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds., 2013: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates. 951. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris), 19 (110) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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