Lepilemur grewcocki
E. E. Louis, Engberg, Lei Runhua, Geng Huimin, Sommer, Randriamampionona, J. C. Randriamanana, Zaonarivelo, Andriantompohavana, Randria, Prosper, Ramaromilanto, Rakotoarisoa, Rooney, & Brenneman, 2006
Anjiamangirana Sportive Lemur
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Strepsirrhini |
| Infraorder | : Lemuriformes |
| Superfamily | : Lemuroidea |
| Family | : Lepilemuridae |
| Genus | : Lepilemur |
Species status
Authority citation
Louis, E.E., Jr., Engberg, S.E., Lei, R.-h., Geng, H.-m., Sommer, J.A., Randriamampionona, R., Randriamanana, J.C., Zaonarivelo, J.R., Andriantompohavana, R., Randria, G., Prosper, Ramaromilanto, B., Rakotoarisoa, G., Rooney, A. and Brenneman, R.A. 2006. Molecular and morphological analyses of the sportive lemurs (family Megaladapidae: genus Lepilemur) reveals 11 previously unrecognized species. Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University 49:1-47.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55017341Original name as described
Lepilemur grewcocki
Other common names
Grewcock's Sportive Lemur
Type material
TTU-M104452, TTU-M104453, TTU-M104454
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
Madagascar, province of Mahajanga, Anjiamangirana Classified Forest, (c.15° 09' S, 47° 43' E).
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
recently described; the name 'grewcockorum' is often used for this species, but this is considered an unjustified emendation of the original spelling, 'grewcocki', which is used here; includes the recently described manasamody (which is a nomen nudum)
Taxonomy notes citation
Louis, E., Engberg, S., Lei, R., Geng, H., Sommer, J., Randriamampionona, R., Randriamanana, J., Zaonarivelo, J., Andriantompohavana, R., Randria, G., Prosper, Ramaromilanto, B., Rakotoarisoa, G., Rooney, A. and Brenneman, R. 2006. Molecular and morphological analyses of the sportive lemurs (family Megaladapidae: genus Lepilemur) reveals 11 previously unrecognized species. Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University 49: 1 – 49. · Craul, M., Zimmermann, E., Rasoloharijaona, S., Randrianambinina, B. and Radespiel, U. 2007. Unexpected species diversity of Malagasy primates (Lepilemur spp.) in the same biogeographical zone: a morphological and molecular approach with the description of two new species. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 83. · Hoffman, M., Grubb, P., Groves, C.P., Hutterer, R., Van der Straeten, E., Simmons, N., and 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). Zootaxa, 2205, 1–36. · Lei, R., Frasier, C.L., Hawkins, M.T.R., Engberg, S.E., Bailey, C.A., McLain, A.T., Groves, C.P., Johnson, S.E., Perry, G.H., Nash, S.D., Mittermeier, R.A. and Louis Jr., E.E. 2016. Phylogenomic reconstruction of sportive lemurs (genus Lepilemur) recovered from mitogenomes with inferences to biogeography. Journal of Heredity 108(2): 107-119. · Craul, M., Zimmermann, E., Rasoloharijaona, S., Randrianambinina, B., & Radespiel, U. (2017). Corrective paper concerning two new species of the genus Lepilemur Geoffroy, 1851 (Mammalia). Dumerilia, 7, 72-77.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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