NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Golden Bamboo Lemur
Hapalemur aureus Meier, Albignac, Peyriéras, Rumpler & Wright, 1987
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus), bokombolomena or varibolomena in Malagasy, is a medium-sized bamboo lemur endemic to south-eastern Madagascar.
It is able to ingest twelve times as much cyanide as would be considered lethal for other species of its size.
Wikipedia contributors, Golden bamboo lemur; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:16:31.105712+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hapalemur aureus Meier, Albignac, Peyriéras, Rumpler & Wright, 1987
- Name authority
- Meier, Albignac, Peyriéras, Rumpler & Wright, 1987
- Common name
- Golden Bamboo Lemur
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Lemuridae
- Genus
- Hapalemur
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderStrepsirrhini É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
- infraorderLemuriformes Gray, 1821
- superfamilyLemuroidea Gray, 1821
- familyLemuridae Gray, 1821
- genusHapalemur I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851
- speciesHapalemur aureus Meier, Albignac, Peyriéras, Rumpler & Wright, 1987
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hapalemur. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| BandroHapalemur alaotrensis Rumpler, 1975 | LemuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Bamboo LemurHapalemur meridionalis Warter, Randrianasolo, Dutrillaux & Rumpler, 1987 | LemuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=572869 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3JK9Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.