Holotype of Propithecus perrieri

Date Collected:

1836-01-01/1947-01-17

Africa: Madagascar: Diana | northern Madagascar, Analamera Forest, southeast of Diego-Suarez

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Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Indriidae
Common Name(s): Perrier's Sifaka
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identifications
Propithecus perrieri Lavauden, 1931
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Indriidae
Common Name(s): Perrier's sifaka
Determiner: M. L. Lavauden on 1931-07-06
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID date is date of publication
Propithecus verreauxi coquereli (A. Grandidier, 1867)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Indriidae
Common Name(s): Coquerel's Sifaka; Crowned Sifaka
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ ledger

  • collector number: 1

Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History
Remarks: Limb bones.
skin (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-11-09   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-12-07

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  • Type of Propithecus perrieri; see Compt. Re nd. Acad. Sci. Paris, 193(1): 77, 6 July 1931.; more info (in French) on skin tag; Original #1 Grandidier Collection.

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Madagascar
  • State/Province:
  • Diana
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://sws.geonames.org/7670842 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • northern Madagascar, Analamera Forest, southeast of Diego-Suarez
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Madagascar: Forest of Analamera (S.E. of Diego-Suarez N. of Madg)
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Diego-Suarez = Antsiranana
  • Georeference:
  • -12.821951°, 49.4869540° (Error radius: 21190m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2020-10-27 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1836-01-01 / 1947-01-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • sent to him by M. Drouhard
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Lower end of date collected range derived from Alfred Grandidier's date of birth, and upper range derived from date of specimen/lot donation to MCZ
  • Collectors:
  • E. Drouhard; Grandidier Collection

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 44841;  44842;  44843;  44844;  44845;  44846;  44850;  44851;  44852;  44853;  44854;  44856;  44857;  44858;  44859;  44860;  44861;  44862;  44863;  44864;  44865;  44847;  44848;  44849;  44855 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 039831-045821, pg.201;

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