Varecia Gray, 1863 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863:135.

COMMENT: Separated from Lemur by Petter, 1962, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, N.S., A. Zool., 27:1 -146.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Lemur spp. and U.S. ESA - Endangered as Lemuridae and Varecia spp.