Hubbard's sportive lemur

Hubbard's sportive lemur
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Lepilemuridae
Genus: Lepilemur
Species: L. hubbardorum
Binomial name
Lepilemur hubbardorum
Louis, Jr, 2006
Hubbard's sportive lemur range

Hubbard's sportive lemur (Lepilemur hubbardorum), or Zombitse sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has total length of about 51 to 59 centimeters, of which 23-25 centimeters are tail.[2] Hubbard's sportive lemur is found in southwestern Madagascar, living in dry transitional forests.[2]

Originally named L. hubbardi, the name was found to be incorrectly formed and was corrected to L. hubbardorum in 2009.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hoffmann, M. (2008). Lepilemur hubbardorum. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b Garbutt, Nick (2007). Mammals of Madagascar, A Complete Guide. p. 134. 
  3. ^ Hoffman, M.; Grubb, P.; Groves, C.P.; Hutterer, R.; Van der Straeten, E.; Simmons, N.; Bergmans, W. (2009). "A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989)" (PDF). Zootaxa 2205: 1–36. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02205p036f.pdf.