Lepilemur otto
Craul, E. Zimmermann, Rasoloharijaona, Randrianambinina, & Radespiel, 2017
Ambodimahabibo 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
Craul, M., Zimmermann, E., Rasoloharijaona, S., Randrianambinina, B. and Radespiel, U. 2017. Corrective paper concerning two new species of the genus Lepilemur Geoffroy, 1851 (Mammalia). Dumerilia 7:72-77.
Original name as described
Lepilemur otto
Other common names
Otto's Sportive Lemur
Type material
TiHo 02y04bibo
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Madagascar, province of Mahajanga, Ambodimahabibo (15° 29' S, 47° 28' E).
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
recently described; the species original description in 2007 does not meet the ICZN standards, thus, the name was subsequently redescribed in 2017, validating the name
Taxonomy notes citation
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. · 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
Endangered
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