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The Southern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur meridionalis) is species of bamboo lemur endemic to southern Madagascar near Tôlanaro. It was originally proposed as a subspecies of the Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur and is of similar size.[3] However, it is darker and redder than the Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur, with a shorter tail and different vocalizations.[3] The type locality is Mandena, and it is believed to inhabit moist lowland and montane forests.[3]
The Southern Lesser Bamboo Lemur is further supported as a separate species by recent mitochondrial DNA research.[4]
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- ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 116. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Baillie, J. (2000). Hapalemur griseus. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
- ^ a b c Mittermeier, Russell, et al (2006). Lemurs of Madagascar, Second Edition, 226.
- ^ Fausser, J., Donati, G., Ramanamanjato, J. and Rumpler, Y. (2002). "Phylogenetic relationships between Hapalemur species and subspecies based on mitochondrial DNA sequences". BMC Evol Biol. 2: 4.
