Original description:
Lemur furcifer Blainville, 1839, Osteogr. Mamm., Primates, p. 35.
Common names:
Fork-crowned Dwarf Lemur [English]
Fork-marked Dwarf Lemur [English]
Phaner [French]
Waluwy [German]
Waloewie [Dutch]
Tanta [Malagasy]
Vakiandrina [Malagasy] = "black marks on head"
Vakivoho [Malagasy] (Morondava) = "black dorsal line"