Randrianasolo's sportive lemur

Randrianasolo's sportive lemur
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lepilemuridae
Genus: Lepilemur
Species: L. randrianasoloi
Binomial name
Lepilemur randrianasoloi
Andriaholinirina et al., 2006[3]
Distribution of L. randrianasoloi[1]

Randrianasolo's sportive lemur (Lepilemur randrianasoloi), or the Bemaraha sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has a total length of about 49 to 56 centimeters, of which 21-26 centimeters are tail.[4] Randrianasolo's sportive lemur is found in western Madagascar.[4]

Originally named L. randriansoli, the name was found to be incorrectly formed and was corrected to L. randrianasoloi in 2009.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Andriaholinirina, N.; et al. (2014). "Lepilemur randrianasoloi". 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. ↑ Andriaholinirina, N.; Fausser, J.; Roos, C.; Rumpler, Y.; et al. (2006-02-23). "Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the sportive lemurs (Lepilemur, Primates)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 6: 17. PMC 1397877 Freely accessible. PMID 16504080. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-6-17.
  4. 1 2 Garbutt, Nick (2007). Mammals of Madagascar, A Complete Guide. p. 132.
  5. ↑ 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.


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