Grewcock's sportive lemur
| Grewcock'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. grewcockorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepilemur grewcockorum Louis et al.., 2006[3] | |
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| Distribution of L. grewcockorum[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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L. manasamody Craul et al., 2007 | |
Grewcock's sportive lemur (Lepilemur grewcockorum), or the Anjiamangirana sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is a medium-sized sportive lemurs with a total length of about 55 to 63 cm (22 to 25 in), of which 26–30 cm (10–12 in) are tail.[4] Grewcock's sportive lemur is found in northwestern Madagascar, living in dry deciduous forests.[4]
Originally named L. grewcocki, the name was found to be incorrectly formed and was corrected to L. grewcockorum in 2009.[5]
It was also found to be synonymous with the Manasamody sportive lemur (Lepilemur manasamody),[5][6] known for its primarily grey-brown coloration and known only from Ambongabe and Anjiamangirana I (between the Sofia River in the south and the Maevarano River in the north).[7] The decision was made because the sampling sites were within 2 km (1.2 mi) of each other, and no geographic barrier could be identified.[5]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Louis Jr., E.E.; Engberg, S.E.; Lei, R.; Geng, H.; Sommer, J.A.; Ramaromilanto, R.; Randriamanana, J.C.; Zaonarivelo, J.R.; Andriantompohavana, R.; Randria, G.; Prosper; Ramaromilanto, B.; Rakotoarisoa, G.; Rooney, A.; Brenneman, R.A. (2006). "Molecular and morphological analyses of the sportive lemurs (Family Megaladapidae: Genus Lepilemur) reveals 11 previously unrecognized species" (PDF). Texas Tech University Special Publications (49): 1–49.
- ^ ISBN 9780300125504.
- ^ .
- OCLC 670545286.
- PMID 17540016.