AEECL's sportive lemur

Lepilemur aeeclis
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Lepilemuridae
Genus: Lepilemur
Species: L. aeeclis
Binomial name
Lepilemur aeeclis
Andriaholinirina et al., 2006[3]
Distribution of L. aeeclis[1]

The AEECL's sportive lemur, Antafia sportive lemur or red-shouldered sportive lemur (Lepilemur aeeclis) is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has a total length of about 52 to 59 centimeters, of which 24–26 centimeters are tail.[4] AEECL's sportive lemur is found in western Madagascar, living in dry deciduous forests.[4]

The species was named in honor of the Association Européenne pour l'Etude et la Conservation des Lémuriens (A.E.E.C.L.) for its twelve years of support to the research team that discovered it.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Andriaholinirina, N.; et al. (2014). "Lepilemur aeeclis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  2. "Checklist of CITES Species". CITES. UNEP-WCMC. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 Andriaholinirina, N.; Fausser, J.; Roos, C.; Rumpler, Y.; et al. (2006-02-23). "Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the sportive lemurs (Lepilemur, Primates)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 6 (17). doi:10.1186/1471-2148-6-17. PMC 1397877Freely accessible. PMID 16504080.
  4. 1 2 Garbutt, Nick (2007). Mammals of Madagascar, A Complete Guide. pp. 130–131.
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