Lepilemur microdon
Forsyth Major in Forbes, 1894
Small-toothed 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
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Forbes, H.O. 1894. A Hand-book to the Primates. Vol. I. W. H. Allen & Co., London, 283 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25212639Original name as described
Lepidolemur microdon
Other common names
Small-toothed Weasel Lemur
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.1.6
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2fa5174d-87b3-4a98-a033-68dfd53e9f0f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76a2609a-11b4-4412-9d10-08456c57660fType locality
Madagascar, eastern Betsileo, Ankafana Forest.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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