Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur

Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Cheirogaleidae
Genus: Phaner
Species: P. electromontis
Binomial name
Phaner electromontis
Groves and Tattersall, 1991[3]
Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur range[1]

The Amber Mountain fork-marked lemur (Phaner electromontis), or Montagne d'Ambre fork-crowned lemur, is a small primate, and like the other lemurs, can only be found on the island of Madagascar. The species is named after the Amber Mountain National Park where they are found.

References

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  1. 1 2 Andriaholinirina, N.; et al. (2014). "Phaner electromontis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  2. "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 114. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
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