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 sahamalaza

Other common names

Sahamalaza Peninsula Sportive Lemur

Type material

ULPS Ldo153s, ULPS Ldo158s, ULPS Ldo40, ULPS Lepi205Ak99

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Madagascar, Sahamalaza Peninsula (c.14° 16 ‘S, 47° 58' E).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

originally described as sahamalazensis, although this name is a nomen nudum now as the original description of the species in 2006 did not meet the standards of the ICZN; the species was subsequently redescribed in 2017, in which the spelling sahamalaza was used

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

Critically Endangered

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