| Indriidae | |
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| Indri (Indri indri) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Superfamily: | Lemuroidea |
| Family: | Indriidae Burnett, 1828[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Indri É. Geoffroy & G. Cuvier, 1796
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The Indriidae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Indridae[4]) are a family of strepsirrhine primates. They are medium- to large-sized lemurs, with only four teeth in the toothcomb instead of the usual six. Indriids, like all lemurs, live exclusively on the island of Madagascar.
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 119–121. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ McKenna, MC; Bell, SK (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 336. ISBN 0-231-11013-8.
- ^ "Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology" (PDF). International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. p. 132. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2010.