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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Amber Mountain Fork-Marked Lemur, Amber Mountain Fork-Crowned Lemur
Description
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Habitat
Ecology:
P. f. electromontis is a forest
inhabitant. Its diet
consists
of tree
gum, sap
, bud exudes, insects and larvae. During the day
it rests in abandoned nests
of other lemur, particularly those of
Mirza conquereli. It is a very vocal species.[1]
List of Habitats
:
1.5
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Primates
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Strepsirrhini
()
- É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
- Infraorder:
Lemuriformes
()
- Gregory, 1915b
- Superfamily:
Cheirogaleoidea
()
- Gray, 1872[1873]
- Family:
Cheirogaleidae
()
- (Gray, 1872[1873]) Rumpler, 1974
- Subfamily:
Phanerinae
()
- Genus:
Phaner
()
- Gray, 1870
- Specific name:
furcifer
- Subspecies:
electromontis
- Scientific name: - Phaner furcifer electromontis
- Subspecies:
electromontis
- Specific name:
furcifer
- Genus:
Phaner
(
- Subfamily:
Phanerinae
(
- Family:
Cheirogaleidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cheirogaleoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Lemuriformes
(
- Suborder:
Strepsirrhini
(
- Order:
Primates
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Phaner
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. electromontis (Montagne D Ambre Fork-Marked Lemur) · P. furcifer (Masoala Fork-Marked Lemur) · P. furcifer electromontis (Amber Mountain Fork-Marked Lemur) · P. furcifer furcifer (Eastern Fork-Marked Lemur) · P. furcifer pallescens (Fork-Marked Lemur) · P. furcifer parienti (Pariente's Fork-Marked Lemur) · P. pallescens (Pale Fork-Marked Lemur) · P. parienti (Sambirano Fork-Marked Lemur)
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Further Reading
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- Andriampianina, J. and Peyrieras, A. 1972. Les reserves naturelles integrales de Madagascar. IUCN Publication No. 36, Gland, Switzerland.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Charles-Dominique, P. and Petter, J.J. 1980. Ecology and social life of Phaner furcifer. In: P.H.M. Charles-Dominique, A. Cooper, A. Hladik, C.M. Hladik, E. Pages, G.F. Pariente, A. Petter-Rousseaux, J.J. Petter and A. Schilling (eds) Nocturnal Malagasy Primates: Ecology, Physiology and Behavior, pp.75-95. Academic Press, New York.
- Harcourt, C. and Thornback, J. 1990. Lemurs of Madagascar and the Comoros. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Mittermeier, R.A., Konstant, W.R., Nicoll, M.E. and Langrand, O. (compilers) 1992. Lemurs of Madagascar. An Action Plan for their Conservation: 1993-1999. IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group.
- Petter, J.J. and Petter-Rosseaux, A. 1979. Classification of the Prosimians. In: G.A. Doyle and R.D. Martin (eds) The Study of Prosimian Behavior, pp.1-44. Academic Press, London.
- Petter, J.J., Albignac, R. and Rumpler, Y. 1977. Mammiferes lemuriens (Primate prosimiens). Faune de Madagascar No. 44. ORSTOM-CNRS, Paris.
- Petter, J.J., Schilling, A. and Pariente, G. 1971. Observations eco-ethologiques sur les deux lemuriens malagaches nocturnes: Phaner fucifer et Microcebus coquereli. La Terre et la Vie 25:287-327.
- Russell, R.J. and McGeorge, L.W. 1977. Distribution of Phaner (Primates, Lemuriformes, Cheirogaleidae, Phanerinae) in southeast Madagascar. Journal of Biogeography 4:169-170.
- Tattersall, I. 1982. The Primates of Madagascar. Columbia University Press, New York.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Ganzhorn, J. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2484100
- IUCN ID: 16875
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 615660
Footnotes
- Ganzhorn, J. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
