Moore's woolly lemur

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Moore's woolly lemur
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CITES Appendix I (CITES) [2]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Indriidae
Genus: Avahi
Species:
A. mooreorum
Binomial name
Avahi mooreorum
Lei et al., 2008 [3]
Avahi mooreorum range map.svg
Distribution of A. mooreorum [1]

Moore's woolly lemur (Avahi mooreorum), or the Masoala woolly lemur, is a woolly lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has brown-grey fur and a reddish tail. [3] It is named in honor of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation of Palo Alto. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Eppley, T.M.; Borgerson, C.; Sawyer, R.M.; Fenosoa, Z.S.E. (2020). "Avahi mooreorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T16971566A115588141. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T16971566A115588141.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Lei, R.; Engberg, S.E.; Andriantompohavana, R.; McGuire, S.M.; Mittermeier, R.A.; Zaonarivelo, J.R.; Brenneman, R.A.; Louis Jr., E.E. (2008). "Nocturnal lemur diversity at Masoala National Park" (PDF). Special Publications of the Museum of Texas Tech University. 53: 1–48.


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