Hawks' sportive lemur (Lepilemur tymerlachsoni), also known as the Nosy Be sportive lemur, is a solitary, nocturnal and largely leaf-eating sportive lemur found only on Nosy Be island, Madagascar, in Lokobe National Park and adjacent degraded forest. It was described in 2006 and named for the Howard and Rhonda Hawk family. It is light brownish-gray with a reddish-brown upper back, has a total length of about 50 to 68 cm and lives mainly in lowland rain forest. Forest clearing for agriculture and timber and unsustainable hunting threaten it, and nest boxes have been placed in degraded forest to help.
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is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar
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it is solitary, nocturnal and largely folivorous
Threats and conservation
threatened by forest degradation and clearing for agriculture and timber resource extraction
Threats and conservation, threats
it is locally hunted at an unsustainable rate
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is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar
Description
total length of about 50 to 68 cm
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and habitat
The main forest type within its range is lowland rain forest
In Ecosystem: Madagascar Rainforests, Distribution and habitat
The main forest type within its range is lowland rain forest
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== Behaviour and ecology ==
Sportive lemurs are strictly nocturnal and predominantly arboreal, moving among the trees with long jumps powered by their strong hind legs.
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The family consists of only one extant genus, Lepilemur.
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All species are listed by CITES on Appendix I
4. Mammal Diversity Database: Lepilemur tymerlachsoni
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IUCN Red List status Critically Endangered
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