Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Primates Linnaeus, 1758 - primates
     Family Lemuridae Gray, 1821 - large lemurs
       Genus Lemur Linnaeus, 1758 - ring-tailed lemur
         Lemur macaco Linnaeus, 1766 see Eulemur macaco (C. Linnaeus, 1766)
           1 Lemur macaco variegatus Kerr, in Linnaeus, 1792 see Varecia variegata (Kerr, in Linnaeus, 1792)