- Northern sportive lemur
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Northern sportive lemur[1] Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Lepilemuridae Genus: Lepilemur Species: L. septentrionalis Binomial name Lepilemur septentrionalis
Rumpler & Albignac, 1975
Northern sportive lemur range Synonyms - sahafarensis Rumpler and Albignac, 1975
The northern sportive lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis), also known as the Sahafary sportive lemur or northern weasel lemur, is a species of lemur in the Lepilemuridae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss[2] and has been named one of "The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates."[3]
References
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 118. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100074.
- ^ a b Andrainarivo, C., Andriaholinirina, V. N., Feistner, A., Felix, T., Ganzhorn, J., Garbutt, N., Golden, C., Konstant, B., Louis Jr., E., Meyers, D., Mittermeier, R. A., Perieras, A., Princee, F., Rabarivola, J. C., Rakotosamimanana, B., Rasamimanana, H., Ratsimbazafy, J., Raveloarinoro, G., Razafimanantsoa, A., Rumpler, Y., Schwitzer, C., Thalmann, U., Wilmé, L. & Wright, P. (2008). Lepilemur septentrionalis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 January 2009.
- ^ Mittermeier, R.A.; Wallis, J.; Rylands, A.B. et al., eds (2009) (PDF). Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2008–2010. Illustrated by S.D. Nash. Arlington, VA.: IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS), and Conservation International (CI). pp. 1–92. ISBN 978-1-934151-34-1. http://www.primate-sg.org/PDF/Primates.in.Peril.2008-2010.pdf.
The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates Madagascar Greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus) · Gray-headed lemur (Eulemur cinereiceps) · Blue-eyed black lemur (Eulemur flavifrons) · Northern sportive lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis) · Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus)Africa Rondo bushbaby (Galagoides rondoensis) · Roloway monkey (Cercopithecus diana roloway) · Tana River red colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus) · Niger Delta red colobus (Procolobus epieni) · Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) · Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli)Asia Siau Island tarsier (Tarsius tumpara) · Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) · Pig-tailed langur (Simias concolor) · Delacour's langur (Trachypithecus delacouri) · White-headed langur (Trachypithecus p. poliocephalus) · Western purple-faced langur (Trachypithecus vetulus nestor) · Gray-shanked douc (Pygathrix cinerea) · Tonkin snub-nosed langur (Rhinopithecus avunculus) · Eastern black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) · Western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) · Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)Neotropics Cottontop tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) · Brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) · Yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda)
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