A fraction of the DLCMNH collection

Taxa of Duke Lemur Center

Extinct and extant taxa housed at the Duke Lemur Center and Museum of Natural History

Taxa are organized alphabetically by class, using classifications based on the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. This list does not include information about hybrid specimens, which can be found in the Duke Lemur Center checklist dataset on GBIF. This list also does not include plant fossil and subfossil specimens.
Symbols: *Currently in colony, †Formerly in colony, ‡Fossil or subfossil, §Osteology

Chordata

Actinopterygii

Anabantiformes

Family CHANNIDAE‡

Siluriformes

Family ARIIDAE

  • Arius fraasi‡

Family BAGRIDAE

  • Bagrus sp.‡

Lepisosteiformes

Family LEPISOSTEIDAE‡

Perciformes

Family LATIDAE

  • Lates qatraniensis‡
  • Fajumia sp.‡

Amphibia

Anura‡

Aves

Family indet.

Accipitriformes‡

Charadriiformes

Family JACANIDAE

  • Nupharanassa tolutaria‡

Family PANDIONIDAE

  • Pandion sp.‡

Ciconiiformes

Family CICONIIDAE‡§

Family XENERODIOPIDAE

  • Xenerodiops mycter‡

Galliformes

Family PHASIANIDAE

Pelecaniformes

Family BALAENICIPITIDAE

Suliformes

Family PHALACROCORACIDAE

Chondrichthyes

Carchaehiniformes

Pristiformes

Family PRISTIDAE

  • Pristis sp.

Rajiformes

Family RAJIDAE

Crocodylia

Family CROCODYLIDAE

  • Crocodylus sp.‡

Family GAVIALIDAE

  • Tomistoma sp.‡

Dipnoi

Mammalia

Order indet.

Family METACHEIROMYIDAE

  • Metacheiromys sp.‡

Artiodactyla

Family ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE

Family BOVIDAE

Family HOMACONDITIDAE

Carnivora

Family AMPHICYONIDAE

  • Cynelos sp.‡

Family CANIDAE

Family HYAENIDAE

  • Herpestides aegypticus‡

Family MIACIDAE

  • Miacis sp.‡
  • Uintacyon sp.‡

Family PROCYONIDAE

Family STENIPLESICTIDAE

  • Moghradictis nedjema‡

Chiroptera‡

Family PHILISIDAE

  • Philisis ingis‡

Cimolesta

Family PANTOLESTIDAE

Cingulata

Family CHLAMYPHORIDAE

Creodonta

Family indet.

Didelphimorphia

Family DIDELPHIDAE

Embrithopoda

Family ARSINOTHERIIDAE‡

  • Arsinotherium sp.‡

Eulipotyphla

Family SORICDAE

Hyaenodonta

Family HYAENODONTIDAE‡

  • Thinocyon sp.‡
  • Masrasector ligabuei‡
  • Masrasector nananubis‡
  • Protomus sp.‡
  • Pterodon sp.‡
  • Sinopa sp.‡

Family HYAINAILOURIDAE

Family TERATONTIDAE

Hyracoidea

Family GENIOHYIDAE

  • Bunohyrax sp.‡
  • Geniohyus magnus‡
  • Pachyhyrax crassidentatus‡

Family PLIOHYRACIDAE

Family PROCAVIIDAE

Family TITANOHYRACIDAE

Oxyaenodonta

Family OXYAENIDAE‡

Perissodactyla

Family BRONTOTHERIIDAE

  • Palaeosyops sp.‡

Family EQUIDAE

  • Orohippus sp.‡
  • Sifrhippus sp.‡

Family HYRACHYIDAE

  • Hyrachyus sp.‡

Family RHINOCEROTIDAE‡

Pholidota§

Family MANIDAE

Pilosa

Family CHOLOEPODIDAE

Family LEPTICTIDAE

  • Palaeictops sp.‡

Primates

Family Indet.

Family ADAPIDAE

Family AOTIDAE

Family ARCHAEOLEMURIDAE

  • Archaeolemur sp.‡

Family ATELIDAE

Family CARPOLESTIDAE‡

Family CEBIDAE

Family CERCOPITHECIDAE

Family CHALLITRICHIDAE

Family CHEIROGALEIDAE

Family DAUBENTONIIDAE

  • Daubentonia madagascariensis*§

Family GALAGIDAE

Family HOMINIDAE

  • Pan troglogytes§

Family INDRIIDAE

Family LEMURIDAE

Family LEPILEMURIDAE

  • Lepilemur mustelinus†

Family LORISIDAE

Family MEGALADAPIDAE

  • Megaladapis madagascariensis‡

Family MICROSYOPIDAE

  • Cynodontomys sp.‡
  • Microsyops elegans‡
  • Microsyops latidens‡

Family NOTHARCTIDAE

  • Copelemur practutus‡
  • Notharcus venicolus‡
  • Pelycodus abditus‡
  • Pelycodus frugivorus‡
  • Pelycodus jarrovii‡
  • Pelycodus mckennae‡
  • Pelycodus ralstoni‡
  • Smilodectes gracilis‡

Family OLIGOPITHECIDAE

Family OMOMYIDAE

  • Absarokius abbotti‡
  • Omomys carteri‡
  • Tetonius homunculus‡
  • Washakius sp.‡

Family PARAPITHICEDAE

Family PAROMOMYIDAE

  • Phenacolemur sp.‡

Family PLESIADAPIDAE

  • Pronothodectes sp.‡

Family PLESIOPITHECIDAE

Family PROPLIOPITHECIDAE

Family PROTEOPITHECIDAE

Family TARSIIDAE

Family VICTORIAPITHECIDAE

  • Prohylobates tandyi‡

Proboscidea

Family indet.

Family BARYTHERIIDAE

  • Barytherium sp.‡

Family ELEPHANTIDAE‡

Family MOERITHERIIDAE

Family PALEOMASTODONTIDAE

  • Paleomastodon sp.‡

Ptolemaiida

Family Indet.

  • Qarunavus sp.‡

Family PTOLEMIIDAE

  • Cleopatrodon sp.‡
  • Ptolemaia sp.‡

Rodentia

Family CTENOMYIDAE

  • Ctenomys sp.

Family DIAMANTOMYIDAE

Family GAUDEAMURIDAE

Family PHIOMYIDAE

Family THRYONOMYIDAE

  • Minamys simonsi
  • Paraphiomys simonsi

Scandentia

Family TUPAIIDAE

Sirenia

Ungulata

Family HYOPSODONTIDAE

  • Hyopsodus paulus

Osteichthyes

Squamata

Family AMPHISBAENIDAE
Family PALAEOPHIIDAE
Family TROPIDOPHIIDAE
Family VARANIDAE

Testudines

Family CARETTOCHELYIDAE
Family EMYDIDAE
Family TRIONCHIDAE

Gastropoda