Gray-backed sportive lemur

Gray-backed sportive lemur
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lepilemuridae
Genus: Lepilemur
Species: L. dorsalis
Binomial name
Lepilemur dorsalis
Gray, 1870[3]
Distribution of L. dorsalis[1]
Synonyms
  • grandidieri Forsyth Major, 1894

The gray-backed sportive lemur (Lepilemur dorsalis), also known as Gray's sportive lemur or back-striped sportive lemur, is a species of lemur in the family Lepilemuridae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Andriaholinirina, N.; et al. (2014.1). "Lepilemur dorsalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2014-06-17. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 118. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
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