Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Primates Linnaeus, 1758 - primates
     Family Lemuridae Gray, 1821 - large lemurs
       Genus Varecia Gray, 1863 - variegated lemurs, ruffed lemurs
         1 Varecia variegata (Kerr, in Linnaeus, 1792) - ruffed lemur
         1.0.6 Varecia varius (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) see Varecia variegata (Kerr, in Linnaeus, 1792)