AEECL's sportive lemur
| AEECL's sportive lemur | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | Lepilemuridae |
| Genus: | Lepilemur |
| Species: | L. aeeclis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepilemur aeeclis Andriaholinirina et al., 2017[3]
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| Distribution of L. aeeclis[1] | |
The Antafia sportive lemur, or red-shouldered sportive lemur (Lepilemur aeeclis) is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has a total length of about 52 to 59 cm (20 to 23 in), of which 24–26 cm (9.4–10.2 in) are tail.[4] The AEECL's sportive lemur is found in western Madagascar, living in dry deciduous forests.[4]
The species was named in honor of the Association Européenne pour l'Étude et la Conservation des Lémuriens (the A.E.E.C.L.) for its twelve years of support to the research team that discovered it.[5] It is unusual in having a specific name based on an acronym.[6]
See also
Other species with acronym-derived names:
References
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- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Andriaholinirina, N.; Fausser, J.; Roos, C.; Zinner, D; Thalmann, U.; Rabarivola, C.; Ravoarimanana, I.; Ganzhorn, J.; Meier, B.; Hilgartner, R.; Walter, L.; Zaramody, A.; Langer, C.; Hahn, T.; Zimmermann, E.; Radespiel, U.; Craul, M.; Tomiuk, J.; Tattersall, I.; Rumpler, Y.; et al. (July 2017). "Corrective paper concerning three new species of the genus Lepilemur Geoffroy, 1851 (Mammalia)". Dumerilia. 7: 62–71.
- ^ ISBN 9780300125504.
- PMID 16504080.
- ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9.
This lemur is named not after a person but, possibly uniquely, after the acronym of an organization.