Gray-backed sportive lemur

Gray-backed 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. dorsalis
Binomial name
Lepilemur dorsalis
Gray, 1870[3]
Distribution of L. dorsalis[1]
Synonyms
  • grandidieri Forsyth Major, 1894

The gray-backed sportive lemur (Lepilemur dorsalis), also known as Gray's sportive lemur or back-striped sportive lemur, is a species of lemur in the family Lepilemuridae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Andriaholinirina, N.; et al. (2014). "Lepilemur dorsalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T11616A16122647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T11616A16122647.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  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. 118. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.


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