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