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Sportive lemurs
Ankarana sportive lemur (L. ankaranensis)
Conservation status
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Strepsirrhini
Superfamily:
Lemuroidea
Family:
Lepilemuridae Gray, 1870[1]
Genus:
Lepilemur I. Geoffroy, 1851[1]
Type species
Lepilemur mustelinus
I. Geoffroy
Diversity
About 26 species
Combined distribution of Lepilemur[3]
Synonyms
Genus:
Galeocebus Wagner, 1855
Lepidilemur Giebel, 1859
Mixocebus Peters, 1874
The sportive lemurs are the medium-sized primates that make up the family Lepilemuridae. The family consists of only one extant genus, Lepilemur. They are closely related to the other lemurs and exclusively live on the island of Madagascar. For a time, this family was named Megaladapidae, but the current name was given precedence since the extinct genus Megaladapis was removed from the family.
^ abGroves, C. P. (2005). "Family Lepilemuridae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 117–119. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^"Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
^"IUCN 2014". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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