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Gray-backed sportive lemur

Gray-backed sportive lemur
Lepilemur dorsalis.jpg

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lepilemuridae
Genus: Lepilemur
Species:
L. dorsalis
Binomial name
Lepilemur dorsalis
Gray, 1870[3]
Lepilemur dorsalis range map.svg
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. ^ a b c Louis, E.E., Bailey, C.A., Sefczek, T.M., Raharivololona, B., Schwitzer, C., Ratsimbazafy, J. & Wilmet, L. (2020). "Lepilemur dorsalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T11616A115565969. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  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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