Lemur Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:24.

TYPE SPECIES: Lemur catta Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Catta, Maki, Mococo, Odorlemur, Procebus, Prosimia .

COMMENTS: Revised by Petter et al. (1977:128-213). Restricted to L. catta by Groves and Eaglen (1988:533) and Simons and Rumpier (1988:547).