Lepilemur randrianasoloi

Andriaholinirina, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Thalmann, Rabarivola, Ravoarimanana, Ganzhorn, Meier, Hilgartner, L. Walter, Zaramody, Langer, T. Hahn, E. Zimmermann, Radespiel, Craul, Tomiuk, Tattersall, & Rumpler, 2017

Bemaraha 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

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 randrianasoloi

Other common names

Randrianasolo's Sportive Lemur

Type material

GBP 941

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar, Andramasay (c.19° 28' S, 44° 29' E), province of Toliary.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

the species original description in 2006 (which spelt the name randrianasoli) 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., 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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