Otto's sportive lemur

Otto'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. 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 2 Andriaholinirina, N.; et al. (2014). "Lepilemur otto". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T136796A16123751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T136796A16123751.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 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.


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