A família Lepilemuridae inclui lêmures de médio porte, chamados de lepilemurídeos, endêmicos de Madagascar.
Classificação Gênero Megaladapis † Forsyth-Major, 1894 Megaladapis edwardsi † Megaladapis madagascariensis † Megaladapis grandidieri † Gênero Lepilemur I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851 Lepilemur aeeclis Andriaholinirina et al., 2006 Lepilemur ahmansoni Louis et al., 2006 Lepilemur ankaranensis Rumpler e Albignac, 1975 Lepilemur betsileo Louis et al., 2006 Lepilemur dorsalis Gray, 1870 Lepilemur edwardsi (Forbes, 1894) Lepilemur fleuretae Louis et al., 2006 Lepilemur grewcocki Louis et al., 2006 Lepilemur hubbardi Louis et al., 2006 Lepilemur jamesi Louis et al., 2006 Lepilemur leucopus (Major, 1894) Lepilemur manasamody Craul et al., 2007 Lepilemur microdon (Forbes, 1894) Lepilemur milanoii Louis et al., 2006 Lepilemur mustelinus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1851 Lepilemur otto Craul et al., 2007 Lepilemur petteri Louis et al., 2006 Lepilemur randrianasoli Andriaholinirina et al., 2006 Lepilemur ruficaudatus A. Grandidier, 1867 Lepilemur sahamalazensis Andriaholinirina et al., 2006 Lepilemur seali Louis et al., 2006 Lepilemur septentrionalis Rumpler e Albignac, 1975 Lepilemur tymerlachsoni Louis et al., 2006 Lepilemur wrighti Louis et al., 2006
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