- James' sportive lemur
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James' sportive lemur Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Lepilemuridae Genus: Lepilemur Species: L. jamesorum Binomial name Lepilemur jamesorum
Louis, Jr, 2006
James' sportive lemur range James' sportive lemur (Lepilemur jamesorum), or Manombo sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It is one of the larger sportive lemurs with a total length of about 60 to 67 centimeters, of which 28 to 32 centimeters are tail.[2] James' sportive lemur is found in southeastern Madagascar, living in primary and secondary lowland forests .[2]
Originally named L. jamesi, the name was found to be incorrectly formed and was corrected to L. jamesorum in 2009.[3]
References
- ^ Hoffmann, M. (2008). Lepilemur jamesorum. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.
- ^ a b Garbutt, Nick (2007). Mammals of Madagascar, A Complete Guide. pp. 118–119.
- ^ Hoffman, M.; Grubb, P.; Groves, C.P.; Hutterer, R.; Van der Straeten, E.; Simmons, N.; Bergmans, W. (2009). "A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989)" (PDF). Zootaxa 2205: 1–36. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02205p036f.pdf.
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