Cytogenetic study of the Endemic Malagasy lemur: Hapalemur,I. Geoffroy, 1851

The genus Hapalemur Gray, 1870 is comprised of two species: H. simus Gray, 1870 and H. griseus Link, 1795. Hapalemur griseus contains, according to Osman Hill (1953), two species: H. g. griseus (Link, 1795) and H. g. olivaceus (I. Geoffroy, 1851). Recent ecological investigation by Petter & Peyrieras (1970) has helped the discovery of a third subspecies of H. griseus in the region of Lake Alaotra. Whilst making the cytogenetic study of the genus Hapalemur, we have completed the chromosomal evolution's schema, originated by Chu & Swomley (1961).