Original description:
Phaner furcifer pallescens Groves and Tattersall, 1991, Folia primatol. 56: 39-49.
Common names:
Pale Fork-marked Lemur [English]
Phaner Occidental [French]
Lémurien à Fourche Occidental [French]
Gabbelstreifenmaki [German]
Westelijke Vorkstreepmaki [Dutch]
Tantaraolana [Malagasy]
Tanta [Malagasy]
Vakivoho [Malagasy]