Pachylemur jullyi (G. Grandidier, 1899)
Northern giant ruffed lemur
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Palaeochirogalus jullyi G. Grandidier, 1899; Lemur jullyi Standing, 1904; Lemur maxiensis Standing, 1904; Lemur majori Standing, 1908
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1300 ± 30 14C age BP ± SD (Michielsen et al., 2023)
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Grandidier, G. (1899). Description d'ossements de Lémuriens disparus. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 5: 344–348.
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.
Crovella, S., Montagnon, D., Rakotosamimanana, B. & Rumpler, Y. 1994. Molecular biology and systematics of an extinct lemur: Pachylemur insignis. Primates 35, 519-522.
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Michielsen, Nathan M., Goodman, Steven M., Soarimalala, Voahangy, van der Geer, Alexandra A. E., Dávalos, Liliana M., Saville, Grace I., Upham, Nathan and Valente, Luis. (2023). The macroevolutionary impact of recent and imminent mammal extinctions on Madagascar. Nature Communications 14: 14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35215-3 [Supplementary Data 1 (mammal list); Supplementary Data 6 (references)]
Samonds, Karen E. et al. (2019). A new late Pleistocene subfossil site (Tsaramody, Sambaina basin, central Madagascar) with implications for the chronology of habitat and megafaunal community change on Madagascar’s Central Highlands. Journal of Quaternary Science 34(6): 379-392. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3096
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Standing, H.F. (1908). On recently discovered subfossil primates from Madagascar. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 18 (2): 59–162.
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