Otto's sportive lemur

Otto's sportive lemur
Conservation status
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lepilemuridae
Genus: Lepilemur
Species: L. otto
Binomial name
Lepilemur otto
Craul et al., 2007[3]
Distribution of L. otto[1]

Otto's sportive lemur (Lepilemur otto), or the Ambodimahabibo sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. Its coloration is primarily grey-brown. It is known only from Ambodimahabibo, between the Mahajamba River in the west and the Sofia River in the north.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Andriaholinirina, N. et al. (2014). "Lepilemur otto". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  2. "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Craul, M.; Zimmermann, E.; Rasoloharijaona, S.; Randrianambinina, B.; Radespiel, U. (2007). "Unexpected species diversity of Malagasy primates (Lepilemur spp.) in the same biogeographical zone: a morphological and molecular approach with the description of two new species". BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 83. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-83. PMC 1913500. PMID 17540016.