Otto's sportive lemur

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]

Otto's sportive lemur
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

References

  1. Radespiel, U.; Rakotondravony, R.; Randrianambinina, B.; Rasoloharijaona, S.; Wilmet, L. (2020). "Lepilemur otto". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T136796A115586218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136796A115586218.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. 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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