Палеопропитеки
Sign in to savePalaeopropithecus is a recently extinct genus of large sloth lemurs from Madagascar related to living lemur species found there today. Three species are known, Palaeopropithecus ingens, P. maximus, and P. kelyus. Radiocarbon dates indicate that they may have survived until around 1300–1620 CE. Malagasy legends of the tretretretre or tratratratra are thought to refer to P. ingens.
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It sits within the topics Fossil taxa described in 1899, Holocene extinctions and IUCN Red List extinct species.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Palaeopropithecidae
- Image
- Palaeopropithecus ingens.jpg
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- taxon name
- Palaeopropithecus
- Commons category
- Palaeopropithecus
- taxon rank
- genus
- extinction date
- 1620-00-00
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Article · Русский
Палеопропите́ки (лат. Palaeopropithecus) — род субфоссильных лемуров, обитавших на Мадагаскаре с плейстоцена до исторического времени. Известны три вида: * † Palaeopropithecus ingens Grandidier, 1899 * † Palaeopropithecus maximus Standing, 1903 * † Palaeopropithecus kelyus.
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