Gray-backed sportive lemur

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Gray-backed sportive lemur
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CITES Appendix I (CITES) [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lepilemuridae
Genus: Lepilemur
Species:
L. dorsalis
Binomial name
Lepilemur dorsalis
J. E. Gray, 1870 [3]
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Distribution of L. dorsalis [1]
Synonyms
  • grandidieriForsyth 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. 1 2 3 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. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T11616A115565969.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  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.