Authority citation

Andriaholinirina, N.V., Fausser, J.-L., Roos, C., Zinner, D., Thalmann, U., Rabarivola, C.J., Ravoarimanana, I., Ganzhorn, J.U., Meier, B., Hilgartner, R., Walter, L., Zaramody, A., Langer, C., Hahn, T., Zimmermann, E., Radespiel, U., Craul, M., Tomiuk, J., Tattersall, I. and Rumpler, Y. 2017. Corrective paper concerning three new species of the genus Lepilemur Geoffroy, 1851 (Mammalia). Dumerilia 7:62-71.

Original name as described

Lepilemur aeeclis

Other common names

AEECL's Sportive Lemur

Type material

UMah 2003-Lem-100

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar, Antafia, (c.16° 03' S, 45° 55' E), north-east side of the Mahavavy du Sud River, Fokotany Ambatomahavavy, Firaisana Antongomena-Bevary, Fivondronona Mitsinjo, Mahajanga province.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described; the species original description in 2006 does not meet the ICZN standards, thus, the name was subsequently redescribed in 2017, validating the name

Taxonomy notes citation

Andriaholinirina, N., Fausser, J. L., Roos, C., Zinner, D., Thalmann, U., Rabarivola, C., ... & Walter, L. (2006). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the sportive lemurs (Lepilemur, Primates). BMC evolutionary Biology, 6(1), 17. · Andriaholinirina, N., Fausser, J.-L., Roos, C., Zinner, D., Thalmann, U., et al (2017). Corrective paper concerning three new species of the genus Lepilemur Geoffroy, 1851 (Mammalia). Dumerilia, 7, 62–71.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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