Southern lesser bamboo lemur

Southern lesser bamboo lemur[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Lemuridae
Genus: Hapalemur
Species: H. meridionalis
Binomial name
Hapalemur meridionalis
(Warter, et al., 1987)
Southern lesser bamboo lemur range

The southern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur meridionalis), also known as the southern bamboo lemur, rusty-gray bamboo lemur, and southern gentle lemur, 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]

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 116. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100053. 
  2. ^ Andrainarivo, C., Andriaholinirina, V. N., Feistner, A., Felix, T., Ganzhorn, J., Garbutt, N., Golden, C., Konstant, B., Louis Jr., E., Meyers, D., Mittermeier, R. A., Perieras, A., Princee, F., Rabarivola, J. C., Rakotosamimanana, B., Rasamimanana, H., Ratsimbazafy, J., Raveloarinoro, G., Razafimanantsoa, A., Rumpler, Y., Schwitzer, C., Thalmann, U., Wilmé, L. & Wright, P. (2008). Hapalemur meridionalis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Mittermeier, Russell, et al. (2006). Lemurs of Madagascar, Second Edition. p. 226. 
  4. ^ 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. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-2-4. PMC 101410. PMID 11914128. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=101410.