Megaladapis madagascariensis Forsyth-Major, 1894
Koala lemur (generic)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene?
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
University of Antananarivo:
UA 7926
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Forsyth Major, C. I. (1894). On Megaladapis madagascariensis, an Extinct Gigantic Lemuroid from Madagascar; with Remarks on the Associated Fauna, and on Its Geological Age. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B 185: 15-38.
Other references:
Alcover, Josep Antoni et al. (1998). Mammal Species of the World: Additional Data on Insular Mammals. American Museum Novitates 3248, 29 pp., 1 table.
Joseph, Grant S. and Seymour, Colleen L. (2022). Are Madagascar's obligate grazing-lawns ancient and evolved with endemic herbivores, or recently selected by introduced cattle? Biology Letters 18: 20220212.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0212
Meador, Lindsay Renee. (2017). Who Ate the Subfossil Lemurs? A Taphonomic and Community Study of Raptor, Crocodylian and Carnivoran Predation of the Extinct Quaternary Lemurs of Madagascar. Dissertation. xvii + 388 pp.
Rafferty, K. L., Teaford, M. F. and Jungers, W. L. (2002). Molar microwear of subfossil lemurs: improving the resolution of dietary inferences. Journal of Human Evolution 43: 645-657.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/6545/megaladapis-madagascariensis-mad-koala-lemur