Palaeopropithecus ingens G. Grandidier, 1899
Large sloth lemur
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1620 (Godfrey, 2021)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Goodman, S.M. and Jungers, W.L. 2014. Extinct Madagascar: Picturing the Island’s Past. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Goodman, Steven M. et al. (2013). Bird fossils from Ankilitelo Cave: Inference about Holocene environmental changes in Southwestern Madagascar. Zootaxa 3750(5): 534-548.
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