Palaeopropithecus ingens

G. Grandidier, 1899

Large Sloth Lemur

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Strepsirrhini
Infraorder : Lemuriformes
Family : Palaeopropithecidae
Genus : Palaeopropithecus

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, G. 1899. Description d'ossements de lémuriens disparus. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 5(7):344-348.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5029724

Original name as described

Palæopropithecus ingens

Type material

MNHN-F-MAD121

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/f/mad121

Type locality

Bélo, SW coast of Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001039

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Thaumastolemur grandidieri

(Filhol, 1895)

Family

Palaeopropithecidae

Root name

grandidieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

partially_suppressed

Type

MNHN "1906-17"

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5027418

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Palæopropithecus ingens

G. Grandidier, 1899

Family

Palaeopropithecidae

Root name

ingens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-F-MAD121

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/f/mad121

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5029724

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Tattersall (1973:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5036)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136532/17971784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bradytherium madagascariense

(G. Grandidier, 1901)

Family

Palaeopropithecidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5028962

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Bradytherium madagascariensis

(Trouessart, 1905)

Family

Palaeopropithecidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

788

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423669

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:788, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

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