Sloth lemur

Sloth lemur[1]
Life restoration of a Large Sloth Lemur (Palaeopropithecus ingens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Infraorder: Lemuriformes
Family: †Palaeopropithecidae
Tattersall, 1973[2]
Genera

†Archaeoindris
†Babakotia
†Mesopropithecus
†Palaeopropithecus

The sloth lemurs (Palaeopropithecidae) is an extinct clade of lemurs that includes four genera.[1][3] Despite their common names, members of Palaeopropithecidae were not closely related to sloths but were closely related to the other lemur species.

Primates

Haplorrhini

Strepsirrhini

Lorisiformes

Lemuriformes

Daubentoniidae




Lemuridae


Megaladapidae†





Cheirogaleidae


Lepilemuridae




Archaeolemuridae†



Indriidae

Palaeopropithecidae†

Archaeoindris fontoynonti†


Babakotia radofilai†

Mesopropithecus†

Mesopropithecus dolichobrachion†


Mesopropithecus globiceps†


Mesopropithecus pithecoides†


Palaeopropithecus†

Palaeopropithecus ingens†


Palaeopropithecus kelyus†[4]


Palaeopropithecus maximus†










Phylogeny based on Horvath et al. (2008) and Orlando et al. (2008).[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Mittermeier, Russell A., et al. (2006). Lemurs of Madagascar (2nd ed.). Conservation International. pp. 44–45. ISBN 1-881173-88-7. 
  2. ^ McKenna, MC; Bell, SK (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. pp. 335. ISBN 0-231-11013-6. 
  3. ^ Nowak, Ronald M. (1999). Walker's Primates of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 89–91. ISBN 0-8018-6251-5. 
  4. ^ Gommery, D.; Ramanivosoa, B.; Tombomiadana-Raveloson, S.; Randrianantenaina, H.; Kerloc’h, P. (2009). "A new species of giant subfossil lemur from the North-West of Madagascar (Palaeopropithecus kelyus, Primates)". Comptes Rendus Palevol 8 (5): 471–480. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2009.02.001. 
  5. ^ Horvath, J.E.; Weisrock, D.W.; Embry, S.L.; Fiorentino, I.; Balhoff, J.P.; Kappeler, P.; Wray, G.A.; Willard, H.F. et al. (2008). "Development and application of a phylogenomic toolkit: Resolving the evolutionary history of Madagascar's lemurs". Genome Research 18 (3): 490.
  6. ^ Orlando, L.; Calvignac, S.; Schnebelen, C.; Douady, C.J.; Godfrey, L.R.; Hänni, C. (2008). "DNA from extinct giant lemurs links archaeolemurids to extant indriids". BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 (121).